Mapping your own progress

Online self-assessment is one way that members can chart their own career progress against the CIPD HR profession map. We asked two practitioners to share their experiences of it. Nia Prendergast, head of administrative services and company secretary at Cyf Anheddau (a non-profit social care provider) is working towards full CIPD membership, and Sonya Dougherty is a strategic HR assistant at Carmarthenshire County Council, studying on the professional development scheme. Did using My HR Map give you any new insights? Nia: Yes –on a personal level it has given me focus in certain areas such as effective delegation and feedback. For the company it’s useful to chart my progress and see that the way I am developing the function is in line with the HR profession map. Sonya: I’d expected it would simply provide structure and guidance to my CPD, but in practice, it’s helped me focus on how to make strategic contributions, even from a HR assistant role. Perhaps the most valuable and unexpected aspect is the differentiation that the map makes between behaviours and actions; you may have the right attitude (motivated, committed, decisive and collaborative), but are you able to translate this into measurable outcomes that are of value to the business?