Chasing a career in HR & People

Hello Everyone,

I'm Eddie.

I am not your typical HR professional as my career has spanned fashion buying, account management, and recruitment. I have ample experience of managing teams and have had experience and exposure to:

Team management
Recruitment
Talent development
Change management
ER & Disciplinary action
Performance management
Delivering training and
Senior stakeholder management

I was given the opportunity last Aug to take a professional career break and dedicated my time to full-time study for my CIPD level 5. My last module is in marking as we speak and I am so looking forward to being qualified.

I would love to connect with you as I am seeking any advice on how I can successfully transition into an HR Advisor or HR Generalist role. I know I have plenty of transferable skills and first hand experience in much of what I believe would be valuable to the role. I am a hardworking and dedicated professional who wants to add real value to a business.

I have applied to over 35 roles so far and have yet to have any bites on interviews. I know I just need to be given a chance as I know how much I can bring to a role.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Eddie

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Sophie over 1 year ago

I'd interview you from that "cover letter" alone :) HR professionals who have "been there and done it" in terms of working operationally and leading the "on the ground" teams of a business are so important. Make sure your CV highlights your HR-based experience more strongly that your operational - it might be worth considering a skills-based CV rather than experience-based if this is a change of path for you. I find this a useful guide: www.prospects.ac.uk/.../skills-based-cv-example
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Sophie over 1 year ago

I'd interview you from that "cover letter" alone :) HR professionals who have "been there and done it" in terms of working operationally and leading the "on the ground" teams of a business are so important. Make sure your CV highlights your HR-based experience more strongly that your operational - it might be worth considering a skills-based CV rather than experience-based if this is a change of path for you. I find this a useful guide: www.prospects.ac.uk/.../skills-based-cv-example
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Eddie over 1 year ago in reply to Sophie

Hi Sophie,
That made me smile, thanks for the confidence boost. I believe the major barrier for me is being able to stand out on my CV amongst all of the other talented individuals who have held HR positions. It's great that you mentioned a 'skills based' CV as this is something I have wanted to get thoughts on. Thanks for highlighting the link for me.

I found out on Friday that I have provisionally PASSED my L5 (pending CIPD moderation) so am hoping this will also make me more appealing to employers now.

The biggest asset I have is my skillset and ability with relationship building and stakeholder management which I know is integral in the world of HR/People. Difficult to get that across on paper, but will do my best.

Thanks for engaging with me.

Eddie
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