HR Certification Institute

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RECERTIFICATION Low-Cost Ways Make It Possible
2009
Presented by Christina Friedli Global Marketing
Manager HR Certification Institute
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What You Will Learn

• Reasons to stay certified
• Recertification requirements by certification
  types
• How to plan and earn your recertification
  credits?
• Low-cost Opportunities
• How to Calculate Recertification Credit?
• Unraveling the Mysteries of Strategic Management
  Credit
• Recertifying For Multiple Designations
• Late Submission Policy
• Online Application Steps
• Resources Available to You
• Frequently Asked Questions

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Stay Certified
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Certificants Testimonials

• The main reason I continue to recertify my SPHR
  status is to maintain control of my future.
  Having the certification gives me the confidence
  that even if my position is eliminated from a
  merger I will be able to continue on in my
  profession more easily than those without the
  SPHR certification. Maintaining the
  certification allows me to stay current with
  changes in the profession and HR concerns
  throughout the working world. - Dwight A.
  Thompson, SPHR.
• Just two days prior to losing my last job, I was
  ecstatic to learn that I had passed the PHR exam.
  The certification was either "preferred" or
  "required" for many company posted employment
  vacancies. Within two weeks from passing the exam
  I was fortunate to receive two employment offers.
  I believe the certification was a key factor in
  landing my current job as a Human Resources
  Manager. - Catherine Schlueter, PHR.

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Recertification Requirements by Certification
Types

• A total of sixty credit hours must be accumulated
  during the three-year certification cycle. Refer
  to each exams body of knowledge for definitions
  of specific hours requirements.

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Planning Your Recertification
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Recertification Pre-Approved Activities
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How to Earn Your Recertification Credits?

• Your sixty (60) recertification credit hours can
  be earned in the following categories

Record your recertification activities
immediately after completion in your online
recertification file so you dont forget them!
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Examples of Continuing Education
Credit hours 60 hours max
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Recertification Credit in Instruction
Credit hours 20 hours max

• Presentation of an HR-related subject.
• Instructor of an HR course or presenter at a
  conference session.
• Credit is awarded for the first time the
  presentation is made.
• 1.5 hours is awarded for every hour of
  presentation.
• Credit is not awarded for routine presentations
  to organization (for example, health care plan
  update, new hire orientation).

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Recertification Credit in On-the-Job
Credit hours 20 hours max

• Earn credit for a first time HR work experience.
• The submission must describe how the activity
  added to the individuals knowledge of HR. If
  requesting strategic management credit,
  additional information as to how the activity was
  about the business of the organization should
  be included.
• Work product in excess of maximum hours or
  listing multiple projects will be limited to the
  20 hours maximum credits for this category.

HR
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On-the-Job Project Examples
Credit hours 20 hours max

• Research and design a new benefit plan.
• Research, design and implement a diversity
  program.
• Research, design and implement a new performance
  management system.
• Implement a workforce reorganization plan.
• Research and implement a new HRIS system.
• Directly contribute to the development of your
  organizations strategic plan.

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Recertification Credit in Research/Publishing
Credit hours 20 hours max

• Conduct primary research on an HR topic and write
  and publish the results of that research in an HR
  scholarly journal.
• Must be conducted outside of the workplace.
• Articles published in a journal or periodical
  solely written by the certified professional
  would earn maximum hours.
• Co-authored or edited works would also earn hours.

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Recertification Credit in Leadership
Credit hours 10 hours max

• This category recognizes giving back to the
  profession.
• Leadership role must be external to the
  workplace.
• Using ones HR expertise to further a volunteer
  organizations mission.
• Strategic management credits not awarded in this
  category.

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Examples of Leadership Credit

• HR volunteer leadership roles and number of hours
• awarded for 3 year period
• Board positions up to 10 hours
• Chairing a committee or conference up to 10 hours
• Writing letters to Congress or state
• legislature up to 3 hour
• Mentoring up to 10 hours
• Participation in focus groups for
• development of public policy up to 3 hours

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Recertification Credit in Professional
Membership

• Can earn credit hours for being a member of a
  national HR-related professional association such
  as SHRM.
• Membership in a local HR organization does not
  count toward recertification credit.
• Three hours per year are awarded for national
  SHRM membership.
• Two hours per year are awarded for other national
  associations.
• Strategic management credits are not awarded in
  this category.

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Low-Cost Opportunities

• Earning your recertification does not have to
  cost a lot of money. Here are examples of
  recertification opportunities that have little or
  no cost!
• First time work experience (Earn up to 20 hours)
• Develop an HR budget.
• Create an employee handbook.
• Instruct HR related workshops at work or outside
  of job (Earn up to 20 hours)
• Teach a sexual harassment workshop at work.
• Lead a performance management seminar.
• Be an adjunct professor at local college.
• Online Continuing Education (Limited to 20 hours)
• Attend HR webinars.
• Refer to our online directory of Approved
  Providers at www.hrci.org.
• Be a member of a national HR association (Earn up
  to 10 hours)
• Hold an HR leadership position (Earn up to 10
  hours)
• Mentor an HR professional/student.

Download the low-cost recertification activities
flier from www.hrci.org.
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How to Calculate Recertification Credit?

• Calculate your recertification credits in four
  simple steps

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Calculating Continuing Education Credit Hours

• 1 CEU 10 recertification credit hours
• 1 CLE 1 recertification credit hour
• 1 semester course at an accredited college or
  university 15 recertification credit hours
• 1 quarter course at an accredited college or
  university 12 recertification credit hours
• 1 audited college course 10 recertification
  credit hours
• 1 full day seminar (typically) 6
  recertification credit hours

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Definition of the International Credit Hours

• Activities must tie to the GPHR Body of
  Knowledge

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Definition of California-Specific Credit

• Activities must tie to the California Body of
  Knowledge

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Unraveling the Mysteries of Strategic Management
Credits

• Definition of Strategic Management Credit
• The processes and activities used to formulate
  HR objectives, practices and policies to meet the
  short- and long-range organizational needs and
  opportunities, to guide and lead the change
  process and to evaluate HRs contribution to
  organizational effectiveness.
• IMPORTANT
• The Strategic Management domain is designed to
  capture all of the tasks that HR professionals
  perform that fall OUTSIDE of the traditional HR
  function.  These require the HR professional to
  learn more about the business of their
  organization, and/or to partner with other
  functional business leaders to achieve an
  organizational goal.

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Strategic Management Activity Examples

• Trends in the Workplace seminar.
• Finance for Non-Financial Managers seminar.
• First-time participation in organizational
  strategic planning process.
• Analyzing the organizational culture and aligning
  HR policies and procedures.
• Participation in leadership training.
• Development of an organizational code of ethics.

REMEMBER You are only required to earn 15
strategic management credit hours out of the
total required 60 credit hours.
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Examples of Non-QualifyingStrategic Management
Activities

• Courses that instruct professionals on how to do
  their jobs.
• Participating in, rather than developing,
  community-related activities.
• Community involvement unrelated to your
  organizations mission.
• Courses on established HR techniques (e.g.,
  change management) unless one can show that the
  knowledge gained was used to develop a change
  management initiative.
• Establishing or initiating standard HR programs,
  such as performance review policies or selecting
  a health care provider.
• Activities that bring your organization into
  compliance with laws and/or regulations.

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Questions to Determine Strategic Credit

• Did the activity help to advance the mission of
  your organization?
• Did you perform benchmarking against other
  organizations?
• Did the new program require that you perform an
  environmental scan?
• Was the activity grass-roots or legislative in
  nature?
• Did the activity help influence a major
  organizational change?
• Did the activity include leadership training?
  Change management? Setting ethical standards for
  your organization?

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Recertifying For Multiple Designations

• 60 hours of continuing education every three
  years.
• Synchronize certification cycle with the first
  certification obtained (with prorated credit-hour
  requirements to accomplish this)
• Recertification fee 100 for the first
  certification, 25 for an
• additional certification unless additional
  certification was acquired
• during the last six month of original
  certification.

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Late Submission Policy

• Credit hours must be obtained by certification
  end date

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Online Application Steps
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Resources Available to You
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Frequently Asked Questions

• Q. If I submit my application well before my
  recertification due date, will my recertification
  cycle change?
• Q. I have been submitting recertification
  activities online for several months. Every time
  I go in to review, they are still pending. When
  will they be reviewed?

A. No, you will retain your original cycle dates.
You may not "roll over" credit earned prior to
your cycle end date to the next cycle.
A. Recertification activities are not reviewed
until you have documented and submitted 60
recertification credit hours along with the
payment.
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Frequently Asked Questions

• I have my PHR and am considering testing for the
  SPHR. If I test and fail, will I lose my PHR?
• Is it correct that I do not need to submit any
  supporting documentation with the application, I
  just need to list the activities I have
  completed?

A. No you will not lose your PHR if you fail the
SPHR exam. Your PHR will remain effective until
your cycle end date.
A. Yes. It is not necessary to submit supporting
documentation. Please retain your recertification
documentation for six months after you have
received notification of your recertification
approval.
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Frequently Asked Questions

• Q. My certification cycle ends on June 30, 2009.
  Can I submit my recertification application as
  late as June 29? I'm planning to attend the
  annual SHRM conference and expect to need the
  credits from that event to reach the 60 credit
  hours.

• A. You have until the end of your recertification
  cycle to submit your application. In addition,
  there is a 30-day grace period (to July 31, 2009)
  to submit your application. However, all
  activities must have been completed within the
  recertification cycle.
• If you attend SHRM Annual Conference to complete
  your recertification, you may carry the hours for
  this Conference ONLY to your next recertification
  cycle.

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Questions?
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Street Alexandria, VA 22314 1-866-898-HRCI
(4724) info_at_hrci.org www.hrci.org