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What's the entry route to HR Business Partner?

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I guess follow up question are HR Business Partner and Strategic Business Partner just different names for the same role ?

I understand how one can get into HR generally through HR advisor roles but I can't see what the pathway is for someone to get into business partner roles, or is there perhaps no entry level role and you need to work through a long HR career first?

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  • A proper business partner should be operating under the Ulrich model, directly supporting a specific business unit and working closely with the unit's SLT, primarily on strategic issues rather than ER casework (although some casework has strategic significance).

    But as Gemma says, it can sometimes just be a glorified HR Advisor with an inflated job title. If the salary is less than £45k, it's almost certainly the latter. If it's more than £60k it's probably the former.

    Calling something a "Strategic Business Partner" becomes unclear because our friends in Finance have got in on the Business Partner thing and you also have Finance Business Partners (very similar model to HRBPs but with money rather than people), but if you know that the Strategic Business Partner is an HR role then it's likely to be closer to the Ulrich model than an inflated Advisor.
  • in reply to Robey
    Thanks Robey, I'll look into the Ulrich model so I can understand that a bit more, I'm at the start of my journey of formalising my HR knowledge but this is the career pathway that resonates with me at the moment so I want to learn all I can!

    The salary part is good info, I know it's not concrete information but it makes it clear to me that some roles will be looking for a jack of all trades type rather than a strategic partner and that's important to know going in!
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  • in reply to Robey
    Thanks Robey, I'll look into the Ulrich model so I can understand that a bit more, I'm at the start of my journey of formalising my HR knowledge but this is the career pathway that resonates with me at the moment so I want to learn all I can!

    The salary part is good info, I know it's not concrete information but it makes it clear to me that some roles will be looking for a jack of all trades type rather than a strategic partner and that's important to know going in!
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