Careers in HR

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

OH nurse Nichola Elvy’s Building Health consultancy, which provides OH and safety services to the demolition and construction industries, has...

Pat Wash is a locum OH adviser with Cheviot Recruitment

Arnold Wagner, Jayne Pellatt and Liz Cussans move into senior roles.

What is your new role?Head of HR at Action for Blind People, a national charity for blind and partially-sighted people.Where...

What you need to succeed… You are likely to be a graduate with a first degree – either in HR...

Mandy Coalter has been appointed director of HR and organisational development at Heart of England NHS Foundation Hospital Trust in...

Sheila Murphy, HR manager, Fredericks Dairies

I graduated from university nearly two years ago and have been trying to get into HR ever since. The closest I have got is my current role, where I work as a recruitment co-ordinator for a recruitment agency. Can you offer any advice as to where to look for experience directly in HR - either paid or unpaid? I do have the transferable skills but companies seem reluctant to take me on, even at an administrator level.

Letter of the week…

You can't get an 'ology' in training but there are plenty of relevant qualifications to choose from. The question is: which ones make recruiters go weak at the knees?

Former M&S HR chief takes up Olympic challenge.

I wish to express my dismay at a headline on the front cover of the 2 May edition of Personnel...