CIPM urges fellows to mentor young practitioners

The Chartered Institute of Personnel of Nigeria (CIPM) has urged the newly conferred fellows to mentor and provide guidance to young practitioners.

The institute said it became pertinent, to fully arm the young Human Resource (HR) practitioners, by sharing their experiences, encourage them to get certified through the CIPM route and actively participate in its activities.

The institute’s President and Chairman of the Governing Council, Olusegun Mojeed, said this at this year’s Fellows Gathering and Life Membership Award ceremony, where he charged the 17 fellows, who were conferred with life membership, on accountability and leadership.

Mojeed, who highlighted the benefits of being a fellow of the institute, admonished them to work assiduously to reproduce themselves through to the budding and prospective HR practitioners to guide against unethical practice.

“We launched the ‘Cohortorial Membership Engagement platforms’ for a starter. These are multigenerational platforms for strengthening relationships and learning among the various generations of our membership.

“Please show the way to young HR practitioners out there by sharing your CIPM experience, encouraging them to get certified through the CIPM and actively participate in our activities. We should mentor and provide guidance to young practitioners.

“We must be deliberate in sharing the knowledge and wealth of experience we have garnered over the years and truly give back that which we have received. We can’t allow you to go the memory lane without offloading every requisite knowledge the young ones need. It is a duty you owe us,” he said.

On some of its work in progress, he said that the Body of Knowledge (BoK), which stands as the standard of knowledge across the HR value chain was at the stage of execution.

“We are not resting on our oars to ensure that we live up to our mandate to deliver the utmost value to all our stakeholders. The leadership team will remain open, accountable and transparent as we will be intentional about providing regular updates on the institute. Let us continue to work as a team to deliver excellently on our mandate,” he said.

Speaking on behalf of the newly conferred fellows, a Director of Administration and Human Resource, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Habila Amos, said: “It is expected of me to bring in innovation and other levels of changes in the human resource profession into my organisation.

“HR practice must be done in the most ethical manner, thus, the onus rest on us to preserve it for the coming generations. We have been charged and I believe we shall not fail the institute nor Nigeria, as you know, to whom much is given, more are expected. Human resource practitioners are strategic persons anywhere they are, that is why our organisations look up to us for greater impact and we must surely deliver,” he said.