Advice from the world’s leading health and safety thought leaders
Experts share tips for CVs, handling interviews plus the role of mentors and networking in career progression.
Are you an HR professional thinking about changing your career path? Ever wondered if a career in health and safety is for you? A free guide has been created combining the knowledge of the world’s top health and safety experts to help you find the answer. NEBOSH, a provider of health and safety qualifications and courses, has created ‘Do Something Great: Your Health and Safety Career,’ a special guide for those thinking about a career in health and safety.
The 32-page guide draws on the knowledge of 24 of the world’s top health and safety thought leaders. Their advice spans everything from how to tell if a health and safety career is for you, what qualifications to take, and how to train while juggling a day job. They’ve even got a section on what to look for in a good employer – those looking to stay in HR might gain some useful knowledge from this, make sure you’re on the right page to attract talent in this regard. The experts also share their top tips for CVs, handling interviews plus the role of mentors and networking in career progression. So if you work in HR for a health and safety company, this resource could be useful for hiring potential employees.
Do Something Great
Do Something Great includes advice from experts working in some of the most high profile and influential health and safety roles. For those keen to develop an overseas career, the guide also draws on international experts. Ian Taylor, NEBOSH Chief Executive, comments: “People who’ve carved out fantastic careers for themselves have generously shared their experience, to help inspire and guide the next generation. For anyone contemplating health and safety as a career, or for those who’ve already started but are keen to get to the next level, it’s an invaluable read.” Every year tens of thousands of people take a NEBOSH qualification to support their career aspirations. NEBOSH has decided to harness the expertise and insights of some of the most experienced and influential people from the sector to provide practical advice.
A job that can save lives
Ian Taylor adds: “Health and safety is an incredibly fulfilling career choice. After all, there aren’t many jobs that have the potential to save lives! It increasingly encompasses environmental protection too and you can find job opportunities in almost every industry and country around the world. What’s more, it’s a role that’s becoming very influential within organisations; there are plenty of health and safety professionals with a seat on the Board. With so much to recommend it, we inevitably get asked by a lot of people for advice on how to get into a health and safety career. We wanted to help them by providing something really practical; tips from people who’ve been there and done it.”
So if you want to take the HR skills and experience you’ve gained from working with people, and apply it in a more practical way, perhaps a career in health and safety is the career change you’ve been looking for.
Paul Arkwright
Publisher
