What CPD means to the CIPD

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What CPD means to the CIPD

• Cheryl King
• Membership Development Executive
• (CPD Careers)

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The CIPD

• The professional body for those working in people
  management and development
• Over 118,000 members throughout the UK and
  Ireland
• Provide benefits and services for our members
• Set the professional standards for
  industry-recognised qualifications

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The CIPD

• Offer certificate level courses and commercial
  courses in personnel, training, recruitment
  selection, employment law, coaching mentoring
  and e-learning
• Member of the World Federation of Personnel
  Management Associations (WFPMA)

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CIPD membership structure
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What is CPD?

• CPD is a commitment to being professional,
  keeping up to date and continuously seeking to
  improve.
• CIPD

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CPD is...

• integrated into the syllabus of our professional
  qualification
• a requirement for chartered membership

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Development Record

• Key dates
• What did you do?
• Why?
• What did you learn from this?
• How have/will you use this? Any further action?

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Development Plan

• What do I want/need to learn?
• What will I do to achieve this?
• What resources or support will I need?
• What will my success criteria be?
• Target dates for review and completion

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What makes a good CPD record?

• Focusing on the outcome
• A balanced mix of activities
• professional work-based activities
• personal activities outside work
• courses, seminars and conferences
• self-directed and informal learning
• Sufficient entries

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What are the benefits of CPD?

• Taking responsibility for our own learning and
  development
• Increased self-awareness
• Can be used in addition to CV
• Can be used for upgrading (if eligible)

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What resources do CIPD offer?

• People Management magazine
• Library and information services
• Local branch network
• Personnel and training-related short courses
• Conferences and exhibitions
• Books, reports, surveys and research
• CIPD website _at_ www.cipd.co.uk

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How to record CPD

• CPD online
• CPD CD-Rom
• Templates can be emailed
• Hard copy