The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is launching a new assessment exam for graduating college students in May 2011. This will replace the PHR exam that students have been allowed to sit for upon graduation. Only HR practitioners with experience will be allowed to sit for the PHR or SPHR beginning in 2011. In our department we are working on attempting to get some sort of assistance for students to take this exam. Stay tuned for more updates from us about this! The following is taken from the SHRM website about this new assessment test:
...hiring managers “should rely on this as the universal benchmark to show that recent graduates have acquired the minimum knowledge to be a successful HR practitioner,” said Nancy Woolever, SPHR, director of academic initiatives at SHRM.
The four-hour assessment will be restricted to students who have taken requisite HR courses. Passing the assessment will:
- Demonstrate that a student has acquired the knowledge required for entry-level HR work.
- Provide a means for HR students who pass the exit exam to differentiate themselves in the marketplace.
- Help universities meet their accrediting body’s assurance-of-learning requirements.
The exam is part of SHRM’s long-range strategy for its Academic Initiative, according to Woolever. SHRM is urging HR professionals to start looking for mention of the certificate on the resumes of recent graduates as soon as summer 2011.
Undergraduate students and graduate students in HR or HR-related degree programs are eligible to take the exam beginning one year before graduation and ending one year after graduation. Any applicant who meets the eligibility requirements will be given authorization to test with information about selecting a test-taking site.
The test will consist of 160 multiple choice questions that will cover 18 HR-related content areas; it reflects HR content areas in SHRM’s HR Curriculum guidelines....
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