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Scrubbing up on English skills

Carly

Hi 

I currently work in HR and have done for about 8 months now, two months ago I started my CIPD level 3, all is going well (passed the first unit today!) 

I just had a 121 with my line manager, who has told me my communication could be a show stopper in my career and is what could stop me to making it as an HR manager, which has left me rather disheartened. To me, my grammar and written English has been a little over average, clearly to my employer it is not. He would like me to explore how I 'write' better and produce documents. 

Does anyone have any advice or know of a good book I can read to better my skills? 

Many thanks 

Carly 

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  • Hi Carly

    I would be very surprised if by the end of your course, you havent learned to improve on your written communication as this will be essential for practically all of the modules you will be doing.

    So, whilst you may need to tailor your style a little more to what your employer wants, at least this course will give you sufficient opportunity to do further groundwork.

    Perhaps if you are sending out general mailers to staff you could ask your manager to proof read it first and make any suggestions for improvement? By doing this a few times you will get a sense of the 'style' that they are after.
  • in reply to Cass Clothier
    Hey Carly, Looking at my initial response to you I realise I overlooked the fact that you have stated that you have already passed your first unit in the CPP. Also as many others have stated, there is nothing in your initial or subsequent posts that suggest any issue with communication so I humbly apologise - this is the first thing that I should have said to you. Having worked with some pretty exacting people in the early years of my HR career I honed in on how to 'help' rather than fully acknowledging that your managers comments are probably down to personal style, tastes and nothing more. :-)
  • in reply to Cass Clothier
    Hi Cass, thank you. The feedback on here has made me feel much better.
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