cipd.co.uk

Advantages: Variety
Disadvantages: Can be highly stressful

...you are there to give advice to employees you are also there toprotect your organisation from risk - e.g. employment tribunals etc so whilst you might think the employee has a case to answer its your job to get the issue resolved without harm to the organisation. There are days when I do find the job stressful, especially whn I am trying to manage a mass redundancy situation or when I am constantly on the road but on the whole the job is everything that I want it to be plus a little bit more. I enjoy my chosen career and have no intention of changing my career path now or in the future, I still have a long way I can go and intend to do so. For more information about relevant HR qualifications look on the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development website (www.cipd.co.uk) or call your local college or university.... Read review

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Advantages: A satisfying job with good promotion prospects
Disadvantages: Can't think of any

...(more commonly known as appraisals) and Employment Law. I did the course several years ago and attended evening classes 2 evenings a week. Even though I passed with flying colours, I have to admit it was hard-going. There's a lot of reading to do on top of attending college twice a week and various assignments to do as well to pass the course. You have to do presentations to the rest of the class throughout the course, and it's quite daunting if you're painfully shy and get palpitations at the thought of speaking in public. Saying that, we had a girl in our class who was painfully shy at the start of the course and by the end she had come out of her shell a great deal. For more information on Personnel related qualifications and courses see www.cipd.co.uk TO CONCLUDE In my role in Personnel no two days were ever the same. You... Read review

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Advantages: Good career prospects
Disadvantages: You have to maintain confidentiality at all times

...Reviews (more commonly known as appraisals) and Employment Law. I did the course several years ago and attended evening classes 2 evenings a week. Even though I passed with flying colours, I have to admit it was hard-going. There's a lot of reading to do on top of attending college twice a week and various assignments to do as well to pass the course. You have to do presentations to the rest of the class throughout the course, and it's quite daunting if you're painfully shy and get palpitations at the thought of speaking in public. Saying that, we had a girl in our class who was painfully shy at the start of the course and by the end she had come out of her shell a great deal. For more information on Personnel related qualifications and courses see www.cipd.co.uk TO CONCLUDE In my role in Personnel no two days were ever the same... Read review

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