Is This Room Free?
Welcome to Is This Room Free? In this podcast I will be talking to HR professionals and listening to the stories of their careers. I will be finding out about the journeys they have taken and what they learnt along the way. The purpose is to help others in the profession identify and understand the various paths available and take inspiration from my guest speakers. Whether you are someone who is looking to get that first step on the HR career ladder or an aspiring HR Director, I hope you get value from these conversations.
Is This Room Free?
Oliver Hill - HR Business Partner (how to become a Business Partner and then be good at it)
This week's guest is Oliver Hill who is currently working as a HR Business Partner at Solent University in Southampton. Ollie was originally working in a kind of graduate management programme at Waitrose and then leveraged on the transferable skills he'd learned when he moved into HR.
Ollie talks about how he managed to make the transition from a HR Advisor to HR Business Partner and what it's actually like to work as a HRBP. He also speaks about moving to a bigger organisation because he knew there would be better opportunities for him to fulfil his own personal ambitions, and speaks passionately about working for an organisation that stood for something positive and helped people.
Ollie was an absolute pleasure to talk to so I hope you all enjoy listening.