Re: prep for HR certification here in Baltimore, from Helene
Schaefer with CHRA
Tom Mitchell, Ph.D.
Industrial & Organizational Psychologist
Director of Graduate Programs in Psychology
Division of Applied Behavioral Sciences
University of Baltimore
Academic Center Suite 209 D
1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410 837 5348
Fax: 410 837 4059
From: Helene P. Schaefer,
SPHR [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:32 PM
To: Edward Kemery; Thomas Mitchell
Subject: Student HR Certification
Ed and
Tom...hope all is well! I thought that the two of you would like to share
the following information regarding Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and
Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) certification with your students.
Currently,
students and recent graduates who are within twelve months of graduating from a
bachelor's or master's degree program can take the PHR or GPHR exam in the
student/recent graduate category.
Effective
2011 (May-June 2011 testing window), students
will no longer be eligible to take the exams without the required work
experience, however, students will be able to take the exams once they have
graduated and achieved the required number of years of demonstrated work
experience that is required for the certification they wish to achieve and the
degree they hold.
For
more information, please refer the students to the HR Certification Institute
(HRCI) web site at www.hrci.org or call HRCI
at 866-898-4724 for a no cost certification handbook.
If
there’s currently an interest in taking the PHR exam, recommend that the
students consider forming a study group at UB using the textbook, Human
Resource Management, (Mathis/Jackson-ISBN 0-324-07151-5)...they should be
able to get reasonable used books online.
This
fall, I’ll be teaching the CHRA PHR/SPHR certification preparation class
for “professionals”. For additional questions regarding “professional” or
“student” certification preparation, suggest that the students visit the CHRA
web site at www.chra.com or contact Christine
Gosser, SPHR (CHRA Professional Certification Director) at [log in to unmask] or 410-215-7584.
Thanks!