The CIPD Professional Map
The CIPD Professional Map is available to all CIPD members and helps you to understand what level of experience you have within HR and what you need to learn or demon straight to advance your career.
It is made up of 10 professional areas or specialism's Insight, strategy and solution | Leading HR | Service delivery and information | Organisational design | Organisational development | Resourcing and talent planning | Learning and talent development | Performance and reward | Employee engagement | Employee relations | | |
Within the Map there are 2 core areas that relate to all HR professional at all levels of their career, location and role.
1, Insight, strategy and solution -
"Have a clear understanding and view of the organisation, enabling a HR professional to develop a clear strategy in line with their goals and aspirations, to enable them to provide solutions to challenges they are facing now and ones potentially in the future".
2, Leading HR -
"Driving and directing the organisation through insightful and analytical information, so that all employees and stake holders recognise changes, challenges and the direction the organisation is going in".
Each area or HR specialism has 8 behaviours that a professional HR person must master to progress within their professional area or general HR career. Role model | Curious | Decisive thinker | Skilled influencer | Personally credible | Collaborative | Driven to deliver | Courage to challenge |
Through understanding each behaviour and how they relate to each professional area you can map your current level of understanding.
There are 4 bands to progress through as a hr professional * Band 1 "Support colleagues, effectively managing information and processing administration"
* Band 2 "Manage or advice on HR related issues to an individual or team" * Band 3 "Be a leader within HR as a consultant or partner addressing HR challenges