Personnel Officer

In my career to date I’ve spent about 15 years in HR (Human Resources) and related roles, including having “done time” as a Personnel Officer. HOW AND WHY DID I CHOOSE PERSONNEL? I would love to tell you that I had a sudden urge years ago to work in Personnel and it was my blinding desire to enter this industry. But I’d be lying. I got into Personnel quite by accident. I’d been temping for several years and my agency had placed me with a very nice company where I was to help with typing up quality procedures as the company was going for BS5750 accreditation (which later became ISO accreditation). I temped in this role for several ...

I've been in personnel for over 3 years and I'm a manager now. I'm in the throes of finishing a postgraduate degree so that I can have full Graduate membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development. I was in accountancy beforehand and was bored to tears. Human resources can be difficult - who else has to encounter weeping interview candidates or fraught disciplinary cases? - but it's a constant challenge and it's always so varied. There are two ways to approach entry into the personnel field. Firstly, if you have a good administrative background, you could transfer into personnel and become a Personnel Assistant. You would probably ...