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FCIPD - percentage of members

Carrie

Hi all,

I'm proud to say I achieved my FCIPD and found out last week.  It was a big deal for me because of some impostor syndrome and having just returned to work after 2 maternity leaves in 3 years, so I'm delighted.

Can anyone please tell me the approx percentage of CIPD members who are FCIPD?  I can't find this information readily available.

I have an appraisal at work next week and I plan to share my good news with my manager, and want to demonstrate why exactly this is important (for context - new manager assigned to me during my mat leave, I was previously reporting to the MD and now it's the FD who doesn't always "get" HR, so % figures would help).

Thanks everyone.

And if you're reading this and haven't yet booked in your upgrade, but have been thinking about it - try the assessment tool and do it!!  I'm so glad I did.

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  • Hi  

    Huge congratulations. It's a really significant achievement.

    I think about 9% of UK CIPD members are Fellows.

  • in reply to Steve Bridger
    Nine per cent is a very disappointing figure. We really need to do more to get sufficient interest in upgrading.
  • in reply to Andrew Gibbons
    Actually, I was surprised it was this high.
  • in reply to Andrew Gibbons
    Having recently re-considered upgrading from MCIPD (which I have been for about 15 years) to FCIPD I noticed there are significant barriers in place, particularly for those who have:
    *moved in and out the profession;
    *worked as an interim or consultant;
    *changed from a senior role to a less senior role and back, (which is often common for those with caring responsibilities).

    The problem is that the assessment focuses solely on experience gained in the last five years. For some (like me) valuable experience is gained in different roles and different stages in our careers. I was really surprised that I couldn't link strategic work I had undertaken 10+ years ago as it was deemed "irrelevant". (When I enquired 10 years ago, at that time I wasn't deemed to have enough recent strategic experience as I had just returned from maternity leave, but that's a whole other story...) Additionally my work on leading volunteer strategy didn't fit the criteria, which was disappointing as for many charity people leaders, our work encompasses volunteers as well as workers and employees.

    If I wasn't concerned it might affect my future chances of upgrading being passed if I decide to try again, I would have brought to the CIPD's attention that their criteria are likely to be indirectly sexist as the majority of people who have "squiggly careers" are women. It wasn't lost on me that, from my experience in the profession, there appear to me to be more women than men CIPD members. I'd be interested to know whether there are proportionally higher numbers of FCIPD men than FCIPD women.
  • in reply to Gemma
    Gemma, I would hope the percentage of Fellows would be the same for the other groups but it would be interesting if it was skewed in either direction.
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