HR Certification Preparation - By certifying as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), you demonstrate that you have the knowledge and skills that are vital to human resource management.
Duration:
12 Weeks
Audience:
HR Professional
Prerequisites:
HR Experience
Course outline:
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Strategic Management (Part 1)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Role of HR in Organizations</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Ethical Issues Affecting Organizations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">HR and the Legislative and Regulatory Environment</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Workforce Planning and Employment (Part 2) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Key Legislation Affecting Employee Rights</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Key Legislation Affecting Privacy and Consumer Protection</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Gender Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Organizational Staffing Requirements</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Recruitment</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Flexible Staffing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Selection and Retention</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Organizational Exit</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Employee Records Management</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Human Resource Development (Part 3)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Key Legislation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Human Resource Development and the Organization</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Organizational Development Initiatives</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Adult Learning and Motivation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Training and Development</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Talent Management</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Developing Leaders</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Performance Management</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Total Rewards (Part 4) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Key Compensation Legislation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Total Rewards and the Strategic Focus of the Organization</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Compensation Structure</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Compensation Systems</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Introduction to Benefit Programs and Key Benefits Legislation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Government-Mandated Benefits</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Deferred Compensation Plans</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Health-Care Benefits</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Other Non-statutory Benefits</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Compensation and Benefit Programs for International Employees</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Evaluating the Total Rewards System and Communicating it to Employees</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Employee and Labor Relations (Part 5)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Laws Affecting Employee and Labor Relations</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Employee Relations and Organizational Culture</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Employee Involvement Strategies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Measure Employee Attitudes</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Policies, Procedures, and Work Rules</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Discipline and Complaint Resolution</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Labor Relations Legislation and Union Organizing</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Unfair Labor Practices</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Collective Bargaining</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Strikes and Secondary Boycotts</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Risk Management (Part 6)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Organizational Risk</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Key Legislation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Safety</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Health</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Security</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Privacy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Each student will get the following HRCP Prep Materials –</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Printed Materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Online Materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Flash Card</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Practice Test</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">The Human Resource Certification Preparation Program was first published in 1995 by Human Resource Certification Preparation, L.C. (HRCP, L.C.) The program provides a comprehensive studying material for the PHR and SPHR human resource certification exams.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">The HRCP Program has six units, one covering each functional area of the exam. Each unit is bound separately and includes an index and a list of key terms. Along with more than seven-hundred pages of instruction, the program provides an online Self-Study Guide, which includes a guide to successful exam preparation, two sets of online review questions for each unit, and two online comprehensive, one-hundred question practice exams.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">The program also includes the HR QuikStudy Flash Cards. Those preparing for the exams can quiz themselves and review key human resource terms and concepts with more than six-hundred convenient, business card-sized flash cards.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Instructors -</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Our instructors are industry recognized and recommended by HRCP. They teach PHR/SPHR classes to adult learners at prestigious higher education institution.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">Jacquelyn Thorp</span></strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Calibri Light', sans-serif;">, MSHR, SPHR-CA has over 35 years of HR experience specializing in management and supervisor development as well as harassment prevention. With over 30 years in the business environment, Jacquelyn devotes her energy to training HR practitioners to prepare for the PHR SPHR exam; preventing harassment and discrimination; and promoting professionalism in supervisors and the field of HR management. A graduate of Chapman University, Jacquelyn holds a Master of Science in Human Resources and a BA in Organization Leadership.</span></p>