Upgrading to Chartered Membership

Hi Debra the process for me was very much about evidence based performance, for example demonstrating how you have managed to get buyin from superiors and directors and giving examples of how you achieved this. for me it came down to things like how I put together the information, how it benefited the business, how i gained buyin and managed to get upper management on board, how it was then evidenced the process had worked, and how this was measured. there was a big focus on what my report detailed in the beginning stances when it came to getting people on board etc. it was very well thought out and I did find it difficult but well worth it the written assessment is your big focus, cover every single point it asks and pack it full of information

Thank you, David and welcome to our Community. Congrats on making Chatered Membership!

Welcome too, Debra.

I would strongly recommend linking in with your local CIPD group, if humanly possible. I found a local member who worked as an assessor and she was enormously generous in giving her time to make sure my submission ticked all the right boxes.

Hi Debra. I, like yourself, have been in HR for a while, at Head of level for 10 years, and CIPD Level 7 qualified for about 20 years. I tried the written assessment route a number of years ago, but found it really cumbersome and I didn't write it in a way that I met the criteria they were looking for. At the start of the year, CIPD were doing an offer of a free upgrading video assessment, so I decided to go for it again. I found this so much easier, having done the prep to think of examples, it just felt like an hours 'chat'. If there were additional questions that needed to be asked to get the information, that was possible in a way that a form can't do. I would have never gone for upgrading again if I'd had to go the form route, the video assessment was much more user friendly, and I would recommend that as a route.