HRCI CLA Leading Members to Certification and Recertification

1. HRCI CLA Leading Members to Certification and Recertification

3. How To Become Certified Presentation Sample Slides

4. Advance Your HR Career with Professional Certification Presenter Name(s) And dates go here And here

5. Everything You Wanted to Know… • Overview of HR Certification • Importance of certification • Certification vs. certificate program • Facts about the HR Certification Institute • Credentials Offered • PHR, SPHR and GPHR exams • PHR-CA/SPHR-CA certification program • Exam question development • Steps to Become Certified • Eligibility • Applying for the exam • Exam preparation • Maintaining Your certification

6. Why Certify? • Gain credibility with peers and business leaders • Increase confidence • Competitive advantage when applying for jobs • Personal challenge & satisfaction • Professional skill development • Gain network of professionals around the world “My work experience and education made me the perfect candidate for my current position, but in the recruitment phase ‘points’ were given to candidates for certification. My points gave me the edge to get the interview and my experience did the rest.” Gretchen McKinney, PHR

7. What is a Certification? • Certification is a designation from a professional certifying agency that is earned and maintained • Earnedby passing a test or other evaluation tool, and • Maintainedby earning a minimum number of professional development and continuing education credits within a specified time period • Certification requires 3 E’s • Proven Experience, • Education requirements, and • Passing an Exam • Certification is different from a certificate program • A certificate program presents a certificate document presented at the end of a training program to indicate attendance. • A certificate program does not require recertification.

8. Facts about the HR Certification Institute • The HR Certification Institute is an independent, internationally recognized certifying body for the HR profession. • Requires professionals to demonstrate their expertise in the core principles of HR practice and the application of those principles. • An affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). • Does not endorse any test preparation programs. • Over 30+ years of experience certifying HR professionals • Nearly 30,000 applications received in 2008 • More than 98,000 certified • 55% are SHRM members • 57% are PHR-certified • 43% are SPHR-certified • Over 1000 GPHR-certified

9. Three Core Certifications Available • PHR*: Focuses on the technical and operational aspects of human resource practices, U.S. laws and regulations. • SPHR*: Based on the strategic and policy-making aspects of domestic HR management. • GPHR: Focuses on the skills and knowledge necessary to successfully operate in a global marketplace. • In addition, the GPHR exam covers major local employment laws from Canada, China, the European Union, India, the United Kingdom and the United States. • You can hold the GPHR and either the PHR or the SPHR simultaneously Not sure which exam to take? Take a FREE on-line quiz at ww.hrci.org/certification/quiz/ * PHR and SPHR exams are based on US laws and regulations

11. Recertification Presentation Sample Slides

12. It’s easier than you think RECERTIFICATION: RECERTIFICATION: It’s easier than you think 2009

19. Certification Stats of August 18, 2009