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Advice with Chartered upgrade

Ella

After many years in the profession and operating for quite a few at manager level, I feel it's about time I upgrade to Chartered Member. Reading the standards, I'm definitely operating at that level, but I've always had difficulty in filling out the form.

Is there somewhere I can go and ask the question? Really, I'm just looking for guidance as to what they're wanting to see - how much? Many of the questions read like you need to have specific projects that you've done, with budgets, metrics data etc, but I've never worked for a company that has been that detailed in it's KPI on a change/problem solving initiative etc.

Would be good just to speak to someone and it seems like there are no upgrading workshops or anything like that about.

Thanks

  • in reply to David Rees
    Yes that's right David - we will no longer be requesting stakeholder/colleague feedback as part of the upgrade assessment and we have moved mediums, to video assessment instead of phone assessment as standard (based on really positive candidate feedback).
    The assessment will still be the same - so evidence around the core areas of People, Work and Change at Chartered Fellow - level.
    I'm sure you have David and the very best of luck with your application.
  • in reply to Lynsey
    Hi Lynsey, I hope you dont mind me jumping on.
    Would I be able to get some advice on this too? I am Level 7 qualified, but unsure on next steps.
    Thanks so much,
  • in reply to Rebecca
    Hello Rebecca,
    I'm Tisha - one of the internal assessors with the CIPD and I'd be very happy to help you.
    If you have completed the Level 7 Qualification, then you should hold Associate Membership with us already and be eligible to upgrade. You can upgrade either to Chartered Member, or to Chartered Fellow - depending on your experience. We have an on-line 'Pre-Assessment Tool', which helps you self-assess your experience and we recommend all candidates use this tool before booking their upgrade assessment. It takes about 10 minutes to complete and you can access it here -
    www.cipd.co.uk/.../pre-assessment-tool
    If you're comfortable with the outcome, you can then call us up and book an upgrade assessment. For Chartered Member, you can book a video assessment or a paper assessment. For Chartered Fellow - it will be a video assessment. There's more information on our web-site here:
    www.cipd.co.uk/.../upgrade
    Did you have any specific questions around Upgrading I can help with?
    Thank you very much.
  • in reply to Tisha
    Thank you Tisha, thats very helpful
  • in reply to Lynsey
    Hi Lynsey, apologies for jumping on this thread but I have decided to go down the application route and would love any guidance you could offer regarding the types of examples and evidence you provided - I really want to ensure my application reaches the correct level of impact. Many thanks and kind regards, Belle
  • in reply to Belle
    Hi Lynsey,
    Great that you're thinking of upgrading your membership with us. I'm one of the internal assessors with the CIPD and very happy to help.
    If you haven't already, please have a read through our candidate guidance for form assessments on the website. It contains a lot of useful information around impact evidence, including examples of what medium to long-term impact looks like at Chartered Member level.
    At Chartered Member, we look for 3 themes in your examples. 1. Strategic complexity 2. The way you influence stakeholders and 3. the impact/value your work has brought to your organisation in the medium to long-term (ideally over a year). We call this the 'so what' of your work. You can demonstrate this impact using hard and soft measures - so, changes in employee engagement scores, attrition & retention, promotion, absence figures (depending on your example) etc. as well as qualitative feedback from line managers or employees, reputational impact, a new HR approach becoming the norm, internal awards etc. Does that help?
    And also, since February, we have removed the need for you to submit colleague feedback with your online application.
    I'm very happy to help answer any further questions you have Belle, please do let us know.
    Warmest,
    Tisha.
  • in reply to David Rees
    Hi David, No, I got busy and didn't progress this but back on it with lots of energy now!
  • in reply to Lynsey
    Hi Lynsey, apologies for taking so long to reply. I got very busy, but I'm back on it. I would be grateful to take you up on any suggestions/advice you have, would that still be ok?