Transitioning from large corporate HR to an SME

I've been perm and am currently a professional interim and have worked for big Corporates or big organisations and SMES in both capacities. I would say transitioning between the two is about flexibility, the ability to manage ambiguity, pull on a a range of skills sets and respond to where the organisation is at rather than where we might want them to be. Those could equally apply to both settings I know but I have found that sometimes moving to a SME from a bigger, more mature organisational context can pose challenges for people.

I don't have a preference for either setting. To me they can offer slightly different opportunities, challenges and risks.

I decided whether the position was right for me dependent on the role, the people I was going to work for, the offer and whether I felt the chemistry, trust (was there) and culture was a good fit for me. I do feel that SMES can offer more opportunities to be both strategic and long term but also often require me to roll up my sleeves, pull on areas/skills muscles I've not done or used for a while - as usually in a bigger organisation you have a bigger team who cover some of those areas, and that the pace can be very different. Someone explained to me that in a SME/ start up/ scale up you need people who are comfortable with the scrappiness that can be present when businesses are growing and haven't reached their maturity. If you can handle that, it's probably a good place for you.

I've been perm and am currently a professional interim and have worked for big Corporates or big organisations and SMES in both capacities. I would say transitioning between the two is about flexibility, the ability to manage ambiguity, pull on a a range of skills sets and respond to where the organisation is at rather than where we might want them to be. Those could equally apply to both settings I know but I have found that sometimes moving to a SME from a bigger, more mature organisational context can pose challenges for people.

I don't have a preference for either setting. To me they can offer slightly different opportunities, challenges and risks.

I decided whether the position was right for me dependent on the role, the people I was going to work for, the offer and whether I felt the chemistry, trust (was there) and culture was a good fit for me. I do feel that SMES can offer more opportunities to be both strategic and long term but also often require me to roll up my sleeves, pull on areas/skills muscles I've not done or used for a while - as usually in a bigger organisation you have a bigger team who cover some of those areas, and that the pace can be very different. Someone explained to me that in a SME/ start up/ scale up you need people who are comfortable with the scrappiness that can be present when businesses are growing and haven't reached their maturity. If you can handle that, it's probably a good place for you.