• Replies 10 replies
  • Subscribers 6 subscribers
  • Views 16672 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related

Help getting sponsorship for HR role

Saad

Hi everyone, I've been applying for jobs for just over 2 months now, and I apply to about 200 companies on a weekly basis. Every company I speak to has shared their fear of sponsoring. If I state I need sponsorship, I don't progress to the next stage of the interview. I really want advice on how to approach, should I not talk about sponsorship during interviews? I have a decade of HR experience, about a year of it in the UK. I have just completed my MSc in HRM and ACIPD. Currently on a Graduate Visa (PSW) Any help in the right direction would really help?

Parents
  • Many thanks for your thoughts Helen. I think the mistake we make most times as prospective employees is the fact that we let employers know we want to work for them because of sponsorship. I have come to realise this is a red flag for most employers. I have heard of employers in the UK going above and beyond to get a sponsorship licence because of an outstanding employee who needs sponsorship. Saad,I would advice you continue to gather some valuable UK HR experience with your present visa and stop talking about sponsorship at the interview stage. Wishing you the very best.
  • in reply to Oluwamuyiwa Ayeni
    I do think it's really difficult for employers who are not already sponsors, but of course I totally appreciate how demoralising it is for the job-seeker! Obtaining and maintaining sponsorship licences are costly and time consuming and many organisations may take the view that for one candidate, however outstanding, it's not worth it. Others may think it worth obtaining a licence for one candidate in case that opens up their talent market (but it will depend on whether they have many roles that are sponsorable). But it's also a sad fact that even those of us with sponsorship licences are at the mercy of the Home Office and Government constantly changing the rules, skill levels, salary thresholds etc and therefore we can't rely on having a sponsorship licence even to employ some of the "brightest and best" if there is no other way for them to legally work in the UK.
Reply
  • in reply to Oluwamuyiwa Ayeni
    I do think it's really difficult for employers who are not already sponsors, but of course I totally appreciate how demoralising it is for the job-seeker! Obtaining and maintaining sponsorship licences are costly and time consuming and many organisations may take the view that for one candidate, however outstanding, it's not worth it. Others may think it worth obtaining a licence for one candidate in case that opens up their talent market (but it will depend on whether they have many roles that are sponsorable). But it's also a sad fact that even those of us with sponsorship licences are at the mercy of the Home Office and Government constantly changing the rules, skill levels, salary thresholds etc and therefore we can't rely on having a sponsorship licence even to employ some of the "brightest and best" if there is no other way for them to legally work in the UK.
Children
  • in reply to Helen
    Helen, Your points are valid! The salary threshold is a major factor the Home Office could look into again in ensuring that smaller companies in the UK can afford to sponsor some of the 'brightest and best' talent around. This could even be a major benefit for the Home Office and the UK government as illegal immigration could also be reduced to the barest minimum.