Hi Alexander
Welcome to Experience Assessment! Great to hear that you are looking to get started and that you've secured part funding.
I work as an Assessor in the EA team and so can help with your queries.
Choosing the level - a really important first step to set yourself up for success. Our on-line Pre-Assessment Tool is your 'go to' to help your decide which membership level is right for you. So please have a go and reflect on which level your work examples would most closely match. Don't forget to check the membership standards too.
www.cipd.co.uk/.../pre-assessment-tool

Outcomes - we have a 96%+ pass rate - that means most people are choosing the right level of membership for them following completing the pre-assessment tool and reading our membership standards info. However, if you don't meet the membership requirements following completion of the full assessment, your assessor will look to see if you have provided enough evidence to meet the next membership level down and where possible, award that. Note: this is not guaranteed and does depend on what evidence you share through the assessment process.
So the good news is that you wouldn't have to start again!

Starting EA - when you start your assessment is completely up to you. You nominate your start date. We want to be as flexible as possible as we know you're committing to this alongside work and other things. So you are quite right - think about when is a good time for you. Remember: you will need to commit round 7 working days but you will have a result within 4 months! So well worth the investment :)
Good luck with all the next steps!!!

In reply to Olivia:

Thanks, Olivia.

Hi Alexander, I'm interested to know if you decided to go ahead with EA? I've just started mine and keen to find some people who might be going through the process at the same time.
Let me know :-)
Kathryn

In reply to Kathryn:

Hey Kathryn, did you start yours and find people to help. I started mine a few weeks ago and its been a slog. Didn't really get any response from anyone on here as to support. Would be good to connect just to verify if I am going in the right direction with my responses. Thanks

P Middleton

In reply to Olivia:

Hi, Are there any assessors that help individuals with the online upgrade assessment? I have some ideas for answering the questions, but would just like to chat it over before submitting. Thanks

In reply to Elisabeth Rutter:

Tagging Olivia 

In reply to Elisabeth Rutter:

Hi Lizzi
Great to hear that you're preparing for your upgrade assessment.
Whilst we don't provide one to one support to candidates who are looking to upgrade as this is designed as a straightforward, time saving route for existing members, there is plenty of help on hand.
Our 'Preparing for your assessment' guide (link below) is your go to as this gives all the information you will need with great tips and advice to use every step of the way. It looks like you've already been thinking about what evidence to share with us when answering the questions, so I would really recommend you check out the guidance on types of examples to share and importantly how to showcase the impact you've had.
Good luck!! :)

www.cipd.org/.../candidate-guidance---chartered-member-written-application_final-v1.3.pdf

In reply to Olivia:

Thanks, Olivia :)

In reply to Olivia:

Hi Olivia - this link isn't working. Do you have another link we can do - struggling with the online form assessment - thank you!

In reply to Sinthu:

Hi Sinthu - from your message it looks like you're completing our form based assessment to upgrade your membership to Chartered Member.
Here's the link to the guidance to support you. www.cipd.org/.../new_written_applicationcandidate_guidance_chartered_member__v1.1.pdf
Good luck!
Olivia

In reply to Olivia:

Thanks, Olivia