Advance Your Career.
Prepare for Certification in HR Management.

We offer this course in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The curriculum, designed by subject matter experts, covers the HR Certification Institute Body of Knowledge and includes application exercises that develop specific competencies and decision-making skills. The SHRM Learning System is the #1 PHR/SPHR certification preparation program that consistently helps professionals beat the national pass rate.

TOPICS COVERED

Strategic Business Management
The role of HR in organizations, strategic planning, external environment, organizational structure/internal HR partners, measuring HR effectiveness, ethical issues, the legislative environment.

Workforce Planning and Employment
Key legislation affecting employee rights, privacy and consumer protection, EEO/Affirmative Action, gender discrimination and harassment, organizational staffing, job analysis and documentation, recruitment, selection, employment practices, organizational exit, employee records management.

Human Resource Development
HRD assessment, design, development, implementation and evaluation, key legislation, adult learning and motivation, career development, developing leaders, organizational development, performance management.

Total Rewards
Key legislation, total compensation, pay administration, compensation systems, overview of benefit programs, government-mandated benefits, voluntary benefits, compensation and benefits for international employees, evaluating total compensation and communicating it to employees, health care benefits.

Employee and Labor Relations
Key legislation; employee relations; employee involvement strategies; work rules in union and nonunion environments; communication of laws, regulations, and organizational policies; discipline and resolution of formal complaints, union organizing, unfair labor practices, collective bargaining, strikes and secondary boycotts, public-sector labor relations, international employee and labor relations.

Risk Management
Organizational risk, key legislation, safety health, security, and privacy.

BENEFITS

• Up-to-date legislative and EEO content;
• Access to the new SHRM Learning System Resource Center, featuring HR updates, webcasts, certification exam test-taking tips, practice tests, test questions from past exams, and related links;
• Periodic online updates on significant changes in legislation and HR policies;
• Other resources: printed materials, software, online tools, classroom instruction, opportunities for interacting with your peers and hearing real-life examples of HR activity;
• 3.5 CEUs for successful completion; up to 35 hours toward PHR/SPHR recertification.

LEAD INSTRUCTOR

Todd Allen, SPHR, CEBS, is director of human resources for Howard Community College and has over 18 years of related experience as a human resource leader, consultant, and trainer in the public and private sectors. He holds a master of science for human resource management, has certification as a senior professional in human resource management from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), is certified as an employee benefits specialist from the Wharton School of Business, and has completed a doctoral fellows program in community college leadership with Morgan State University.

Todd Allen has taught human resources courses and served in numerous volunteer roles supporting the HR profession, including two years as president of the Howard County HR Society and two years as president of the Greater Baltimore Washington CUPA-HR chapter. Todd earned national recognition for his HR work, including the 2004 SunGard SCT Technology Award.

WHEN, WHERE, COST

WHEN:
This course is offered each February and September. The February 2012 course takes place on Saturdays from February 18 to May 5, 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. (No class on March 31 and April 7)

COURSE NUMBER FOR WINTER:
#1001 XB 818 7198

WHERE:
Classes are taught in our beautiful facility at 6751 Columbia Gateway Drive, Columbia, MD, in Howard County and the Baltimore-Washington corridor, convenient to I-95, the Baltimore Washington Parkway, and Route 175.

COST:
$1,165 (includes a nonrefundable $465 materials fee).  Early Bird Discount of $100 if you register at least 15 days ahead of class. (Waiver students pay materials fee and $40 registration fee.)

HOW TO REGISTER:
The easiest way is to print out a registration form here and fax it to 443-518-4333. You can also use the Walk-In or Online options described on our General Registration Information page.

STRENGTHEN YOUR COMPANY. GET UPDATED SKILLS. GET CERTIFICATION. GET AHEAD.

For more information, call Roxanne Farrar at 443-518-4972, or email her at rfarrar@howardcc.edu.