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  • RE: How did you get your first HR role, what was it, and was it voluntary or paid?

    Sarah
    Sarah
    I started off being placed by an agency into temporary HR roles, which tended to turn into permanent ones. Do you have any local agencies who specialise in placing into HR?
    • 1 month ago
    • Careers Clinic
    • Work experience, internships, mentoring
  • RE: Checking a job applicants right to work in the UK

    Sarah
    Sarah
    If I wasn't using web applications, I'd ask them to bring evidence with them at interview. If you're interviewing online at the moment, I'd ask them to send it to you when confirming the interview time.
    • 1 month ago
    • Community Feedback
    • Feedback
  • RE: Are any other HR people feeling a bit lonely in all this :(

    Sarah
    Sarah
    Yes, I know what you mean. I have just described it to someone as "work has sucked all of the calm out of me to give to other people, and I've got none left for myself".

    In the weird situation today of alternating between starting to draft…
    • 11 months ago
    • Our Profession
    • General
  • RE: Returning to HR and L&D after being a Long-term carer

    Sarah
    Sarah
    Could be worth signing on with a good agency who takes the time to get to know you and your strengths, so they can present you properly to recruiters? I quite often receive applications from candidates who have had a break in their career history for…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Careers Clinic
    • Working in HR/L&D
  • RE: Level 7 Diploma whilst on maternity leave... has it ever been attempted?

    Sarah
    Sarah
    I did level 7 while on adoption leave. It was hard to make it work, and it took a lot longer than I'd hoped, but it was good to have something non-child related to focus on sometimes. I would say try and drop your expectations: "a couple of hours a day…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Careers Clinic
    • HR Qualifications and studying
  • RE: Making the correct first steps into HR

    Sarah
    Sarah
    Would you consider broader office-based temping to build up some income (and potentially useful connections), then volunteering or studying in the gaps between temp assignments? Admin roles within HR departments might be the way to go when you're looking…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Careers Clinic
    • Work experience, internships, mentoring
  • RE: Things you want to say to employees but can't because you're professional...

    Sarah
    Sarah
    I can't believe I have another one!

    Employee: "You're infringing my human rights! You're resorting to double-speak to try and cover up what you're doing! I don't know how you sleep at night! It's outrageous! It's illegal! I'm not doing it! You can…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Our Profession
    • Professionalism matters
  • RE: Why is it generally more difficult to move from the public sector to the private sector than vice versa? Is HR also a sector specific profession?

    Sarah
    Sarah
    I moved from public sector (NHS) to private sector and I did have to learn to let some things go! It taught me a lot about questioning my own assumptions and practices though, and I really enjoyed it. So much I'm still there 7 years later. It perhaps…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Careers Clinic
    • General
  • RE: Employee Satisfaction Survey

    Sarah
    Sarah
    We have recently used Microsoft Forms (as it was included in a package we already paid for) and been very pleased with it. There are anonymous and non-anonymous options. It is similar to surveymonkey in terms of simplicity and appearance. You can export…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Our Profession
    • General
  • RE: Things you want to say to employees but can't because you're professional...

    Sarah
    Sarah
    Loving the not sharing biscuits. It reminds me of someone who majorly annoyed me at work years ago, by attempting to take credit for my work because they had "edited" it for me (added a title page with a spelling error). It backfired as everyone knew…
    • over 1 year ago
    • Our Profession
    • Professionalism matters
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