Careers Event: Starting Your HR Career

About this event

Current and recent students will walk through their own lived experiences, sharing the benefits and challenges of study alongside working.

As part of Careers Week, and in recognition of International Womens Day, themed ‘Accelerate Action’, we are hosting an event targeted at students and people interested in starting a career in HR and people management.

In this session, current and recent students will walk through their own lived experiences, sharing the benefits and challenges of study . Whether you are looking at level 3 or level 5, in person, on-line or through the apprenticeship route, you will find out what to expect and decide what is the best route for you.

Next steps after completing your studies…we’ve got that covered – with speakers from different stages in the People Management Career Pathway we will share our experiences, and demystify the role behind the job title.

What will be covered in the session...

• Introduction to the People Profession and different membership levels
• Different routes to membership for example certification, apprenticeship, assessment route
• From qualifications and into practice
• Q&A

Host: Philippa Hardy - Lecturer and Chair of the CIPD branch in Cumbria

Philippa is a Lecturer at Lakes College in West Cumbria where she teaches on the CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice and the CIPD Level 5 Associate Diploma in People Management as well as Leadership and Management.

Prior to her teaching career, Philippa had a successful People Management career holding senior roles within the public sector. Philippa also does some private HR consultancy work.

Philippa is a Chartered Member of the CIPD and Chair of The CIPD Branch in Cumbria.

Please note:

1. Webinar joining instructions will be sent to you again 1 day before the event, with a further reminder 20 minutes prior to the event starting.
2. The session may be recorded and shared with people afterwards. Please bear this in mind and have your camera off if you do not wish for your image to be shared.
3. The chat function will be used for participants to engage with the webinar, so just be mindful of the login name you use and ensure you are happy for other people to see this.
4. For security reasons, it is requested that participants join the live session 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time and with the same name as registered on Eventbrite - not doing so may cause a delay or non-admittance to the event.
5. This event may include an external speaker who has prepared their own presentation. Any views or opinions expressed by the speaker are their own and do not reflect those of the CIPD.
6. Please note that refunds for CIPD Non-Member tickets will only be available until 7 days prior to the event, any cancelled tickets after this will not receive a refund.
7. If you require any reasonable adjustments to enhance your experience, please get in contact with us by responding to this email and we will do our best to accommodate.