HRCI
offers four certifications for HR professionals:
- PHR®
(Professional in Human Resources)
- SPHR®
(Senior Professional in Human Resources)
- GPHRTM
(Global Professional in Human Resources)
- PHR-CA
and SPHR-CATM (PHR with a California Certification
and SPHR with a California Certification)
Certification
is a voluntary action by a professional group to establish a
system to grant recognition to professionals who have met a
stated level of training and work experience. Certified individuals
are usually issued a certificate attesting that they have met
the standards of the credentialing organization and are entitled
to make the public aware of their credentialed status, usually
through the use of initials (i.e., PHR or SPHR) after their
names.
Certifications
differ from certificate programs because certifications include
an experience component. Certificate programs, on the other
hand, award certificates once a course of study has been completed
and do not require previous work experience.
