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PM wishing to transition into HR!

Lauren

Hi everyone, 

I am currently working as a project manager working in the construction industry at present, but I am wanting to transition into HR. I recently applied for a position on the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee for my company and have been informed that I have managed to get a place on that, so I will be attending monthly meetings at our Head Office to work with other colleagues to shape our EDI strategy. 

In addition to my construction-related qualifications and experience, I also have a BSc Hons Psychology and I have previous experience working in roles as Office Manager, Teaching Assistant, People Services Advisor for the Open University, as well as considerable project management experience. 

I would ideally like to find a Senior HR Advisor or HR Manager role, and I plan to undertake a CIPD qualification to help me break into the field. I have signed up to do a one day employment law course, but I just wondered which CIPD qualification would be most suitable because I would ideally like to transition across to a managerial position instead of starting in an entry role. Would this be possible by doing a CIPD Level 3 qualification or do you think that a CIPD Level 5 would be the best option? Also, would you suggest specialising in EDI (given my role on the EDI committee) or going for a more generalist position once I have finished the qualification?

Any help would be much appreciated - thank you!

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  • Hi Lauren
    I agree with your other respondents and would highly recommend Level 5, which will give you an excellent grounding in a wide range of HR management subjects. This is the route I took and I felt prepared, confident and well-informed after the course. Good luck in your new HR career!
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  • Hi Lauren
    I agree with your other respondents and would highly recommend Level 5, which will give you an excellent grounding in a wide range of HR management subjects. This is the route I took and I felt prepared, confident and well-informed after the course. Good luck in your new HR career!
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  • in reply to Sue Eakin
    I have to disagree about level 5
    Most of my students came in at level 7. Either with a degree e of experience or both
    lauren has both and would be ideal for level 7
  • in reply to Peter Stanway
    From considerable past experience in international process plant engineering contracting, I'd consider possession / level of CIPD qualification very secondary to overall managerial skills and personally (and suspect many MDs / CEOs too) would have little hesitation in allowing a good project manager to transition at similar status level to an HR Manager role. BUT, all with the caveat that *management* were the key part of the HR role - as opposed to eg a specialist advisory role.

    That said, though, I'd very much agree with Peter about the appropriateness of CIPD Level 7