RENEWING YOUR GUIDING CREDENTIALS

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RENEWING YOUR GUIDING CREDENTIALS

• Presented by
• Karen Brzezinski, SPHR
• WISHRM Certification Director
• WISHRM State Conference
• October 2006

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BASICS

• Required every three years by continuing
  education/experience (60 hours) OR retaking exam
• Continuing Education/Experience
• Continuing Education
• Instruction
• On-The-Job
• Research and Publication
• Leadership
• Professional Membership

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

• No limit (all 60 hours could come from Continuing
  Education)
• Credit is generally hour for hour
• Do not count meals (or programs during meals),
  exhibit hall, breaks, etc.
• To the nearest quarter hour (one hour min)
• Activities MUST BE HR RELATED
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CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Equivalents
• 1 CEU 10 recert hours
• 1 CLE 1 recert hour
• 1 semester course at accredited college 15
  recert hours per credit
• 1 quarter course at accredited college 12
  recert hours per credit
• 1 audited college course 10 recert hours
• Odd terms or question if course is HR related?
  Call HRCI!

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CONTINUING EDUCATION

• Examples
• SHRM annual or state conference sessions
• SHRM seminars or webcasts
• Pre-approved SHRM chapter meetings
• Do not count if not pre-approved!
• Law firm seminars
• College or University HR classes
• Must pertain to HR Body of Knowledge

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INSTRUCTION

• No more than 20 hours can come from Instruction
• Presentation of an HR-related subject
• Instructor of HR course, presenter of a
  conference session, etc
• Credit only for the FIRST time the presentation
  is made
• 1.5 hours per hour of presentation (to account
  for prep time)
• NOT for routine presentation to your organization
  (example annual enrollment or orientation)

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ON THE JOB

• No more than 20 hours can come from On The Job
  experiences
• FIRST time work experience that has added to HR
  knowledge. Examples
• Research and design of a new benefit plan
• Research, design and implement a diversity
  program
• Research, design and implement a new performance
  management system
• Research and implement a new HRIS system

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RESEARCH PUBLICATION

• No more than 20 hours can come from Research and
  Publication
• Primary research on an HR-related topic and
  writing and publishing in a scholarly journal.
• Research must be conducted outside the workplace
  (not as part of your job)
• Articles solely written by the certified
  professional earns maximum hours.
• Co-authored or edited works earn 10 hours.

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LEADERSHIP

• No more than 10 hours can come from Leadership
  experiences
• Must be external to the workplace and have
  application to the HR body of knowledge.
• Using ones HR expertise to further a volunteer
  organizations mission

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LEADERSHIP

• Examples
• Board positions 5 hours per year, 10 hours max
  per recert cycle
• Chairing a committee or conference 5 hours
• Capitol Hill visit or testifying before
  Congress or state legislators 1 hour
• Mentoring 5 hours
• Serving on review board for magazine/publishing
  1 hour

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

• No more than 10 hours can come from Professional
  Membership
• Membership in Local Chapter does not count.
• Natl SHRM membership 3 hours/yr
• Other National Association memberships 2
  hours/yr (ASTD, World At Work, etc)
• After 2006 there is no requirement that you be a
  national SHRM member in order to use these hours

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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

• If you are SPHR (certification expires 2006 or
  later), 15 of your hours MUST tie to the HR body
  of knowledge strategic management section of the
  content outline
• 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.

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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

• Examples
• Trends in the workplace seminars
• First-time participation in organizational
  strategic planning process
• Learning about organizational culture and its
  affect on HR policies and practices
• Participation in leadership training
• Development of an organization code of ethics

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REMEMBER

• You may retake the exam

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Approved for Credit/Approved Provider Program

• Approved for Credit Program Hosts of HR-related
  continuing education activities can submit
  HR-related education activities for pre-approval
  toward recertification credit.
• Approved Provider Program Providers of multiple
  HR-related continuing education activities are
  approved for 3 years.
• Recertification credit is awarded on an
  hour-for-hour basis for time spent in the
  educational activity.

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Recertification

• Required every three years (36 months)
• HRCI provides ID and password for website
• Log on to track your recertification credits via
  www.hrci.org/hrcicertonline
• Submit your information as soon as you obtain the
  required recertification credits
• Keep paper records until notified by HRCI

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COSTS

• 100 to recertify
• 1-6 months after expiration additional 25
  
• 6-12 months after expiration additional 50
• Credit hours must be obtained by expiration date.

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Questions?

• Contact information
• Human Resource Certification Institute
• 1-866-898-HRCI (4724)
• info_at_hrci.org www.hrci.org
• 1800 Duke Street
• Alexandria, VA 22314
• My email karen.brzezinski_at_ministryhealth.org