Elevate your HR Career

with HR Certification
® ®
Institute (HRCI )

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 About HRCI

• Dedication to the HR Profession and training partners!

• Headquartered in the U.S.
• Not for profit organization exclusively dedicated to certifying the HR
profession
• Serving the global HR community – 40+ years
• 500,000 credentials awarded in 100+ countries

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 HRCI – A Nonprofit Organization
The Human Resource Certification institute
is a tax exempt 501(c)(6) nonprofit
organization under the code of the US
Internal Revenue Service.

Recognized by the District of Columbia as

a nonprofit corporation.

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 Committed to Excellence
Since 1976, HRCI has been and continues to be the premier HR credentialing organization for
the budding HR practitioner to the strategic business partner practicing across the globe.

1976 2007 2014

Began offering PHR and Launched California SHRM and HRCI end
SPHR exams Exam strategic partnership

2004 2012 2015

Launched Inaugurated HRMP Announced partnership with
GPHR Exam and HRBP Exams Top Employers Institute

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 Continued Excellence
HRCI continues to look to future trends in the field of Human Resources
and new ways to help advance the profession.

2015 2017 2017 2018

Began offering bundled Launched Group All 7 HRCI credentials aPHRi Pilot
exams and preparation Sales/ Voucher become NCCA Accredited. program
Program

2016 2016 2016 2016

HRBP and HRMP Launched California Exam Introduced
brand identity aPHR Exam updated to solidify Continuous Testing
updated to PHRi brand identity;
and SPHRi PHRca

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 Recognized around the world as the gold
standard of accredited HR certifications

40+ Over 93% of

100+
Years Fortune 500
Countries
Setting the
benchmark for Have HRCI certified
Companies
HR Excellence & professionals Rely on
Expertise HRCI certified professionals

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 HRCI Corporate and Industry Thought
Leadership

BLOG BOOKS WHITEPAPERS

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 Thought Leadership
Inc. and Wall Street Journal: HRCI’s focus on HR thought leadership;
working more closely with businesses and business leaders.
• Inc. Hub: inc.com/hrci
• Wall Street Journal: partners.wsj.com/hrci/the-change-agents/

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 Research Findings*

95% of business executives say hiring & retaining the right talent affects the bottom line

71% of business executives believe HR-team certification would benefit the organization

83% of business executives regard their HR team as a strategic and valuable partner

85% of Fortune 500 companies employ HRCI certification holders

Seven out of 10 business executives agree their organizations would benefit from HR
teams made up of professionals with certifications

* Based on survey results in the United States

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 Benefits To Employees
Supervisors of HR teams recognize that HRCI certifications are a powerful marker of an
HR professional’s potential value to an organization.

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 Certifications to address all of
your business needs.
Accredited
by NCCA

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 Nationally accredited
by NCCA

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 What is NCCA?
National Commission for Certifying Agencies
• Founded in 1977 with cooperation from federal
government
• Mission: develop standards for voluntary certification
programs in all professions
• Accreditation branch of Institute for Credential Excellence

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 What is NCCA?
NCCA Standards organized in 5 sections
1. Purpose, Governance and Resources
2. Responsibilities to Stakeholders
3. Assessment Instruments
4. Recertification
5. Maintaining Accreditation

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 What does NCCA do?
• Develops NCCA Standards for the Accreditation of Certification
Programs with cooperation from industry stakeholders
• Guarantees rigorous program Integrity
• Ensures programs are meeting standards continuously
• Requires application and renewals of programs
• Only an elite of 130 organizations are accredited through NCCA

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 HRCI vs. SHRM

*SHRM certifications include a large number of credential holders from HRCI and other organizations who were awarded SHRM credentials
without taking a comprehensive or accredited HR competency exam.
**Employer Preference data is based on unique job posting data collected by Emsi, a CareerBuilder company, from major job boards such as
CareerBuilder, Monster, LinkedIn and many others. More than 336 million job postings were analyzed from April 2011 – November 2016.

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 NCCA vs. Buros Accreditation

***NCCA is an independent non-governmental agency that provides program-wide accreditation of more than 300 certifications for a wide
range of professions and industries.
****Buros provides test-only accreditation, testing appraisals and psychometric consultation services.

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 HRCI Offers Global HR Certifications

The first-ever HR Demonstrates mastery of Independent of GPHR certification

certification designed for generally accepted geographic region, the validates mastery of
professionals who are just technical and operational credential complements cross-border HR
beginning their HR career HR principles independent local HR practices
journey internationally of geographic region

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 Associate Professional in
Human Resources™ (aPHRi™)
Early Career Certification

HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA
A Secondary Global
Education
(High school diploma or
global equivalent)

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 Content Outline

Exam Stats
Format 125 multiple choice questions
Duration 2 hours and 15 minutes

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 Professional in Human
Resources™ (PHRi™)
Operational and Tactical Certification

HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA BACHELOR’S MASTER’S
(or equivalent) DEGREE DEGREE
+ or + or +
At least four years At least two years of At least one year of
of professional- professional-level HR professional-level HR
experience experience
level HR
experience

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 Content Outline

Exam Stats
Format 170 multiple choice questions
Duration 3 hours and 15 minutes

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 Senior Professional in Human
Resources™ (SPHRi™)
Strategic & Policy Making Certification

HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA BACHELOR’S MASTER’S
(or equivalent) DEGREE DEGREE
+ or + or +
At least seven At least five years of At least four years of
years of professional-level HR professional-level HR
experience experience
professional-level
HR experience

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 Content Outline

Exam Stats
Format 130 multiple choice questions
Duration 2 hours and 30 minutes

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 Global Professional in Human
Resources® (GPHR®)
Strategic & Policy Making Certification

HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA BACHELOR’S MASTER’S
(or equivalent) DEGREE DEGREE
+ or + or +
At least 4 years of At least 3 years of At least two years of
professional-level professional-level HR experience in a global
experience professional-level HR
HR experience
(at least two in global
(at least two in HR)
global HR)

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 Content Outline

Exam Stats
Format 140 multiple choice questions
Duration 3 hours

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 Recertify
Demonstrate Your Commitment
Designation

Total # of Credit 45 45 60 60 60 60 60 60
Hours

Specified Credit N/A N/A N/A 15 N/A 15 15 15

Hours California Business Business Global
Credits Credits Credits Credits

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Credentials are a win-win for
people and organizations
 Questions?
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