Dive Brief:
- A growing number of HR professionals who are reshaping the business community’s expectations of how HR functions within organizations and of the value that the profession can bring to a rapidly changing, complex workplace.
- Even with high achievers within HR, their efforts often get obscured by criticism about HR from the popular press, among organizational experts and even within the profession itself.
- It's time for HR to get serious about how it can meet the first challenge and change the perceptions in the second.
Dive Insight:
A recent article posted at SHRM.org explains how in 2012, SHRM developed a competency model that spells out nine basic skill sets that HR professionals need to have to be at the top of their game, no matter where they are in their careers. The model forms the foundation for the new certifications that SHRM rolled out last year—the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).
Both respond to the business community’s desire for more outcome-focused practices from HR professionals, according to Henry G. “Hank” Jackson, SHRM’s president and CEO.
In the article, Jeff Lindeman, SHRM-SCP, senior director for talent and engagement at the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority and a member of SHRM’s Certification Commission says the validated competency model helps dispel the myth—widely held in HR circles—that HR practitioners need only a firm grounding in HR basics.
