Enhancing your professional credibility

CIPD membership is an asset to be proud of. It means so much within the HR and L&D community - it shapes your profile and showcases your professional capability.

The value it can bring to your career is significant, especially when it comes to job search and promotion opportunities.

Getting this professional accreditation definitely makes me stand out in the market right now.

Anandita Srivastava, Chartered MCIPD

As a CIPD member you'll:

1. Demonstrate your expertise

You are a professional who has proven ability to apply your knowledge in practice, beyond study and qualifications. You are competent, confident and able to create an impact in the workplace.

2. Build your personal brand

You are boosting your personal brand with a professional designation (the letters after your name) that recognise your experience and expertise. That designation is a badge of professionalism, a recognised stamp of approval that sets you apart when you need it most.

3. Inspire confidence and trust

You are a professional who has met our internationally recognised benchmark for excellence and inspire confidence in your employer, clients and peers.

4. Stay current and relevant

You are a professional committed to your own development - learning from the latest CIPD research, and other experienced professionals. You stay on top of the latest trends in the evolving world of HR and L&D, keeping your skills sharp.

5. Uphold ethical values

You are an ambassador for the profession, acting with integrity, and championing better work and working lives in all you do.

What does it mean to be a member of the CIPD?

Debbie Alder, Chartered FCIPD and DWP HR Director General, explains what being a Chartered Fellow means for her as a senior HR professional.

Transcript

HR was always something that I have been passionate about. I'm passionate about the difference that people make to organizational performance. That's what
makes me tick, and at the moment, I feel privileged because I work for an
organization that really makes a difference; and so I get to combine what I love in an organization that actually does something very worthwhile.

I think one of the ways that the CIPD membership really is effective is it first of all
it gives you kind of confidence in your professional ability. Professional membership, professional learning, professional accreditation, peer-to-peer interaction are ways in which you not only learn - but I think equips you to be a really strong HR professional.

This is our Chartered Institute. This is our kind of quality assurance, if you like. So, there's something about it, actually; kind of - gives you the first foot in the door, when you're saying, 'you should employ me' or even within an organization, 'give me this role I'm interested in, I can make a difference here'.

For me, the best thing about being a fellow CIPD is actually what it enables me to access, on behalf of my broader HR team. So, I continue to focus on my own development; but the biggest thing for me these days is, actually how I utilise that to develop and encouge the development of the team, that I that I work with; colleagues, that I'm building my successors in the pipeline.

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