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Advice re HR & IBEC apprentice courses

  • 18-09-2009 7:31pm
    #1
    Daisy1.5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi,

    I have been working in hotels for the past 12years at supervisory & mgt level. I have covered HR for the past two years and I love it, but I have no qualification. I'm looking at courses in National college of Ireland and Griffith college, the first is CIPD recognised and the latter is ICM recognised. Also, I have been advised to apply to IBEC for the traineeship next year. Any advice greatly appreciated. :confused:


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  • #2
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    HR is a very hard field to get into.I have an Honours degree in HR and am a member of the CIPD but couldnt get anything.Jobs I applied to for entry level HR positions were been taken by people with 2 or 3 years experience.

    Alot of companies let go the lower level HR people because they were cost centres and as a result there are huge amounts of experienced and qualified individuals going for a very small pool of jobs.

    The IBEC apprenticeship is extremely competitive aswell.A friend of mine went through it.There are 2 or 3 interviews and a day long assessment centre.They also have the cream of the crop (ie grads with 1:1 results) applying for only a handful of positions.However the experience you would receive is second to none,especially for the HR field.Its widely regarded that working for IBEC for one year is the equivilant to working 2 years in any other company.


  • #3
    Daisy1.5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭Daisy1.5


    Thanks a million, I can only imagine how hard the IBEC traineeship would be to get onto. Where did you get your qualification from, did you do full time or part time evening?


  • #4
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    I did my degree in a full time course in IT Sligo.

    I did the Cert in Personnel Practice for CIPD membership in DIT Aungier street part time.

    I would recommend doing it there.The lecturers there are very knowledgeble and extremely helpful plus its €1000 cheaper than doing it in the NCI and is exactly the same course.

    If you need more info or advice by all means feel free to send me a private message and I will help in any way I can.
    :)


  • #5
    Anna23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 389 ✭✭Anna23


    I have been trying to get into HR for about 3 years now, in my job I was a manager, supervisor in Finance, I am also doing the HRM degree in DIT Aungier Street and finishing in 2011, I have to say its much cheaper and you are right the lecturers are very good. I am hoping that by the time I am finishing the degree I will be able to get something. I have seen though a lot of position in the UK in the area of HR. And I was thinking in going there to get the experience and then coming back...

    Though I know people who got jobs in HR and they had no experience, they just had someone who worked in Finance who knew someone....you know the drill...I guess nepotism is still at large....


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