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Career change to a HR role

Emily Miller

Hello!

I am looking to make a career change into a HR role and would love to ask some advice?

I have a retail background (currently a supervisor in luxury sales), so although I do not have any direct experience, I do fulfil perform team leader and performance assesment activities within my team. I have been in this industry for three years and have recognised that the aspects of my job I find the most fulfilling are the 'people' parts. This has lead me to pursue this change. As I am currently lacking in HR experience I am self funding my level 3 diploma in HR, which I am working through in my own time.

I wondered if anyone could offer any advice to a new starter on how to make the transition into the profession? From my own research a lot of roles, even the entry level admin assistant positions are asking for previous experience ( which I sadly lack).

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, 

Many thanks,

Emily

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  • Hi Emily,

    I worked in recruitment some 7/8 years ago and decided to self fund my foundation level CIPD through DPG, excellent provider however quite expensive.

    Ultimately if you have the drive, passion and a genuine interest then any interviews secured you really just have to hope someone takes a chance on you with it being your first role and when that happens grab it with both hands and make it work.

    Be prepared for it to be stressful and frustrating as HR is so vast, full of grey areas and often open to interpretation. When you set out on your career it's tough but it's a career, day by day you will learn and grow into the industry.

    It's so worthwhile once you are in the "HR circle", when I explain I work in HR people will always say 'That's a good career' or 'How did you get into that?'.

    Trust me pursue it...it's worth it.

    Thanks
    Todd
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  • Hi Emily,

    I worked in recruitment some 7/8 years ago and decided to self fund my foundation level CIPD through DPG, excellent provider however quite expensive.

    Ultimately if you have the drive, passion and a genuine interest then any interviews secured you really just have to hope someone takes a chance on you with it being your first role and when that happens grab it with both hands and make it work.

    Be prepared for it to be stressful and frustrating as HR is so vast, full of grey areas and often open to interpretation. When you set out on your career it's tough but it's a career, day by day you will learn and grow into the industry.

    It's so worthwhile once you are in the "HR circle", when I explain I work in HR people will always say 'That's a good career' or 'How did you get into that?'.

    Trust me pursue it...it's worth it.

    Thanks
    Todd
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