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The HR certification process as we know it changed forever on May 12, 2014 when the Society of Human Resources announced it’s new certification program which is set to begin January 1, 2015. Practitioners flocked to the Twitterverse and started bombarding industry leaders with questions on what this meant for their PHR, SPHR, GPHR, etc.

SHRM will announce the official name of their certification program at Annual Conference just a few weeks away. At Blogging4Jobs we’re in conversations with SHRM about offering a special webinar for those who can’t attend the special sessions at the SHRM Conference because you have other events planned or you are not attending the shindig in Orlando. If you are interested in attending, please subscribe to our email newsletter. We’ll be sending out details via email in just as soon as a date is selected and an event is finalized.

At Blogging4Jobs, our official position is to remain neutral and to give you access to the information and resources as updates become available. We’re in a unique position where we are an HRCI Approved Provider and work hard to provide great webinars and webcast content that’s available for credit while also being affiliated with SHRM. They are a current client of Blogging4Jobs.

The information, conversations and email communications regarding the new certificaiton have been downright confusing. It’s a HR certification battle royale. I’m sure there has been much discussion at your local SHRM chapters and board meetings about what this new certification all means. Instead of taking an official position in the HRCI vs. SHRM certification debate, I thought it best to provide a resource using our blog as a central place of information. Bookmark this page. We’ll continue to be updating this list to keep you up to date.

Updates from SHRM

• SHRM Answers Questions About New HR Competency Certification (5.21.14)
• SHRM Announces Details of New Certification (5.19.14)
• SHRM to Create New Certification Based on HR Competencies (5.12.14)

For more information on the SHRM Certification Process visit their website. 

Updates from HRCI

• Respect for the Trust and Integrity of HR Certification
• HRCI Clarifies the Confusion Around Certifications For HR Professionals
• Statement from HRCI About New Certification 
• HRCI’s “Be Clear” Official Position and Page
• HRCI vs. SHRM Certification: Weighing the data, making the choice

For more information on how the HRCI Certification Process is affected visit their FAQ section.  

Updates from Bloggers & Industry Media

All of these bloggers have written their own opinions on SHRM announcing their new certification process.

• Conscious Uncoupling – HR Style by Robin Schooling

• A Sad — But Not Surprising — Breakup by Susan R Meisinger

• What Matters to Me by Steve Browne

• SHRM and HRCI; Mo Money, Mo Problems by John Whitaker

• It’s No Accident by Joyce Chastain

• HRCI Battle is Not Critical to Good HR by Trish McFarlane

• The SHRM-HRCI Issue: Crocodile Tears for Certified HR Folks Out There by Lance Haun

• New #SHRM Certification Raises More Questions Than It Answers by Matthew Stollak

• HRCI: Surprised by SHRM Plan to Offer HR Certifications by Rita Pyrillis

• SHRM to Stop Supporting PHR, SPHR Certifications by Ben Eubanks

• SHRM v. HRCI – Human Resources Will Win by Chris Fields 

• SHRM Releases Their New Certification Designations by Tim Sackett 

• SHRM’s Certification is a Money Grab by Tim Sackett 

• The Top 9 People SHRM Hurt When It Said Goodbye to HRCI by Kris Dunn 

• Instant HR Certification by Heather Bussing 

• Reflections on Certification vs. Competency by Dave Ulrich & Wayne Brockbank

• BREAKING: SHRM Announces Name of New HR Certification Program by Jessica Miller-Merrell 
• The HR Certification Wars- HRCI vs. SHRM by Clark Phipps
• HR Certification: Evaluating a”Free” Credential by Applying What We Know by Jim Steele

If you’ve written on the SHRM/HRCI certification and would like us to include you in this recap of recaps email blake(at)blogging4jobs.com. Have opinions of your own on the HRCI/SHRM accreditation battle? Comment below and let us know. 

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