Associate Member
For people professionals whose work is operational with some complexity: you’re beginning to contribute your thinking to people issues and solutions.
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You can become an Associate Member, Chartered Member or Chartered Fellow via Experience Assessment. A CIPD membership grade tells the world about your capabilities and impact in the workplace. To send out the right message, you need to make sure you’re in the right grade.
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Chartered Member
For people professionals who work strategically and operationally with some complexity. You’re actively driving and managing change to meet your organisation’s needs.
Chartered Fellow
For people professionals who combine strategic insight and people expertise with commercial acumen, to change the way organisations think about their people.
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