Careers in HR

What is your new role?HR director at First ScotRail.Where were you working before and what were your duties?I was with...

I began work in a large retail company as a personnel assistant, from which I was promoted to assistant manager and then running my own HR department. I gained a wealth of experience in a fast-moving company. After two years – during which time I gained the CIPD core management qualification – I decided to resign from the company after maternity leave. I have since found a part-time job as a recruitment assistant. I’m now thinking about returning to full-time work and am particularly interested in employment law. I have looked into an advanced qualification in employment law, but would have to take out a loan to fund it. Which path should I take?

Where you’re likely to work… The title industrial relations officer may also be used in this context as many of...

Richard Martin, Jonathan Tarttelin and Fiona Irvine

The RSPCA animal charity has recruited Brian Millar in its newly created role of director of HR. He will focus...

What is your new role? Director of HR & corporate services, Argyll Community Housing Association.Where were you working before, and...

I am a senior HR business partner in a global IT services business, and have recently conducted a review of our HR recruitment suppliers.

The aftermath of natural disasters, such as the recent earthquake in Java, demonstrates the huge logistical constraints faced by humanitarian aid workers co-ordinating a response.

The world's oldest and largest animal welfare charity has created a new director of HR role to increase its focus on employees

Kellie Rixon explains how she overcame her frustration at training and operational mismatches when she moved into L&D, and why originality is important to training success

I am a senior associate with a global executive search firm looking to move into an in-house recruiting/resourcing/talent management role

Juliet Amos has become HR director at the University of Teesside. Amos was previously head of employment services at the...

HR director with the Logic Group

How to get into it... You will usually progress to this role through a more junior position such as HR officer or adviser, having gained experience and demonstrable knowledge of certain key areas

Buddy schemes - where new recruits are provided with an informal mentor - are an increasingly common feature of the recruitment and induction process