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PHR, SPHR, and GPHR Eligibility Requirements Changing

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

In April I wrote about proposed changes to the PHR and SPHR eligibility requirements. The HR Certification Institute announced today that those changes will take effect in 2011. Beginning with the May-June 2011 test window, the following eligibility requirements will apply:

For the PHR

  • 4 years of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience with less than a Bachelor’s degree
  • 2 years of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience with a Bachelor’s degree
  • 1 year of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience with a Master’s degree or higher

For the SPHR

  • 7 years of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience with less than a Bachelor’s degree
  • 5 years of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience with a Bachelor’s degree
  • 4 years of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience with a Master’s degree or higher

For the GPHR

  • 4 years of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience (with 2 of the 4 being global HR experience) with less than a Bachelor’s degree
  • 3 years of demonstrated exempt-level HR experience (with 2 of the 3 being global HR experience) with a Bachelor’s degree
  • 2 years of demonstrated global exempt-level HR experience with a Master’s degree or higher

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