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Career change from police officer

Bradley

Hello,

I have worked in the police now for almost 10 years but would like to leave. My most recent role has been in an L&D environment but still as a frontline officer.

Most of the roles that I am finding an interest in require a CIPD qualification.

Does anyone have any advice on where to start as I am worried about paying a lot of money into a career that I could later decide isn't for me.

I have very little experience outside of the police so it is quite a daunting thought to leave and I ideally don't want to drop my salary too much.

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  • Bradley, you've got some great pointers/ advice from Robey and Steve above. I'd also echo Steven's comments about CIPD events, meet ups in the HR space and coffees with people in your network who work in HR or Learning or the people space and gather intelligence that way. There are lots of great books on the formal elements of the profession too and short courses as well as 'free content' the trouble with that is it takes time and you might go down rabbit holes with low quality content.

    I did a formal qualification quite a bit into the start of my career. I moved from managing projects and doing many HR and Learning elements in my job before moving formally into the function. I've done a number of short courses and the CIPD qualification.

    Before moving careers, I got a coach and they helped me to think about my transferable skills, how to map my path - we are all starting from a different point- and also how to position my experience on my CV and public profiles. It helped enormously and confirmed it was the right thing for me. A combination of things are likely to lead you to decide what you want to do and how to get there.

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  • Bradley, you've got some great pointers/ advice from Robey and Steve above. I'd also echo Steven's comments about CIPD events, meet ups in the HR space and coffees with people in your network who work in HR or Learning or the people space and gather intelligence that way. There are lots of great books on the formal elements of the profession too and short courses as well as 'free content' the trouble with that is it takes time and you might go down rabbit holes with low quality content.

    I did a formal qualification quite a bit into the start of my career. I moved from managing projects and doing many HR and Learning elements in my job before moving formally into the function. I've done a number of short courses and the CIPD qualification.

    Before moving careers, I got a coach and they helped me to think about my transferable skills, how to map my path - we are all starting from a different point- and also how to position my experience on my CV and public profiles. It helped enormously and confirmed it was the right thing for me. A combination of things are likely to lead you to decide what you want to do and how to get there.

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