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Career Change Help

Megan

Hi Everyone, 

Hopefully someone can help. 

Im looking into a career change from distribution sector into L&D. I have worked in this area for the last 4 years as I just happened to fall into the job. I have a Bachelors degree in Arachaeology so I do have some experience in group training and project management. However I'm just not sure how to get into this area. 

Is this something I would need to retrain in? Would I need a qualification before I would even be considered for a position. 

Any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks :) 

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  • Hi Megan,

    The one thing you need is an awful, awful lot of luck. I am a qualified teacher, I have a Bachelors degree and an MBA, and I'm having no luck whatsoever despite around 20 years in HR!

    Every role (that's bothered to send a reply) says they're looking for the bit of paper to prove I can do the job - I guess experience can't be quantified. To try an stack the cards more in my favour I've just started the Level 5 CIPD certificate through Avado. Whether this is useful or a waste of time and money is to be seen...

    I agree with the others. In a selection process you will be compared with those who have lots of appropriate bits of paper and experience, so you probably need to get more for yourself. You could try voluntary work, or become a charity trustee with responsibility for LD. Schools are always looking for governors - perhaps look into that.

    You're also not selling yourself well. Rather than 'I happened to fall into the job', make it 'I saw an opportunity to extend my range of tasks and stepped up to the role'.
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  • Hi Megan,

    The one thing you need is an awful, awful lot of luck. I am a qualified teacher, I have a Bachelors degree and an MBA, and I'm having no luck whatsoever despite around 20 years in HR!

    Every role (that's bothered to send a reply) says they're looking for the bit of paper to prove I can do the job - I guess experience can't be quantified. To try an stack the cards more in my favour I've just started the Level 5 CIPD certificate through Avado. Whether this is useful or a waste of time and money is to be seen...

    I agree with the others. In a selection process you will be compared with those who have lots of appropriate bits of paper and experience, so you probably need to get more for yourself. You could try voluntary work, or become a charity trustee with responsibility for LD. Schools are always looking for governors - perhaps look into that.

    You're also not selling yourself well. Rather than 'I happened to fall into the job', make it 'I saw an opportunity to extend my range of tasks and stepped up to the role'.
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