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?
Emily Bretnall - HR Advisor (feeling a little lost in life, finding HR and your mojo, becoming a National Apprentice of the Year at 26, and how to accelerate your career)
Today's guest is Emily Bretnall and what a fun episode this one is.
Emily currently works as a HR Advisor for a company within the nuclear industry. I suspect her story will resonate with a lot of listeners. She's someone who wasn't sure which direction her life should go when she was young. She toyed with the idea of going into beauty, maybe working on the cruise ships. Even during university she was still feeling a bit lost. However, an internship with a really bad employer planted a seed which led her into HR.
Emily explains that by finding her vocation in her mid-twenties actually drove her to accelerate her career as best she could. Within two years of her first HR Assistant role she had managed to get promoted to HR Advisor. And last year she won the NSAN Business Apprentice of the Year!
We had such a good time during this recording so I hope you all enjoy listening.