By attending our course, you will develop new knowledge and skills that will improve your workplace effectiveness immediately. You will:

• Prepare for HR Certification Institute's GPHR® certification exam with the most up-to-date materials.
• Sharpen your test-taking skills and increase your confidence through pre and post-tests.
• Strengthen your competencies and productivity through effective global HR training.
• Identify key methods and practical guidelines for many global HR tasks.

With our blended approach, you’ll learn from printed workbooks, software, online tools and a dynamic classroom experience.

• Global content that corresponds to the updated GPHR® Body of Knowledge including legislation from six countries/regions that were identified in the practice analysis.
• Proven training program that includes a blended format of Print and web-based study tools designed to enhance your exam preparation.
• More than 750 sample exam questions to test your knowledge.
• Interactive case studies for each module to apply learned principles.
• A post-test that mirrors the HR Certification Institute exam to hone your test taking skills.

• Participating in creating the organization’s global strategy.
• Aligning HR processes and activities with the organization’s global strategy.
• Adapting processes to the cultural and legal contexts of each area of the global organization.
• Enhancing communication between the organization and its stakeholders.
• Ensuring that the HR function possesses the skills, knowledge, and resources to fulfill its global role.

Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility
Learn about the development, implementation, and evaluation of global staffing strategies to support organizational objectives in a culturally and contextually appropriate manner. This includes the recruitment, hiring, preparation, and global mobility of employees to meet business needs.

• Developing global talent strategies.
• Implementing the strategies, translating them into day-to-day activities.
• Evaluating the strategies to ensure that they make significant contributions to the organization.

Global Compensation and Benefits
Learn about the establishment and ongoing assessment of a global compensation strategy, including remuneration, benefits, and perquisite programs aligned with the company’s business objectives.

• Complying with local compensation practices, laws, and regulations.
• Accommodating varied employee values and expectations stemming from differences in cultures, languages, and communication preferences.
• Dealing with different standards and costs of living, multiple currencies, exchange rates, inflation/deflation rates, tax systems, and tax rates.
• Addressing organizational business changes (expansions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, greenfield operations, and divestitures).

Organizational Effectiveness and Talent Development
Learn about the design, implementation, and enrichment of organizational structures, programs, and processes to effectively develop and engage a global workforce aligned with the organization’s business needs, culture, and values.

• Managing talent and performance of local and international assignees.
• Establish employee engagement, training and development programs.
• Create and implement leadership development and change management initiatives.

Workforce Relations and Risk Management
Learn about the establishment of processes and practices that protect or enhance organizational value by managing risk and addressing employee rights and needs on a global basis. International, supranational, national labor-related standards and laws with which global HR must ensure compliance as they relate to:

• The most common forms of workforce organizations with which HR professionals may work (e.g., labor unions and works councils).
• HR practices that promote a positive work environment.
• Managing HR risk in a global context.

• Has a cross-border HR responsibility (more than one country).
• Understand the strategies of globalization versus localization of HR policies and programs.
• Establish HR policies and initiatives that support the organization’s global growth and reputation as an employer.
• Design organizational structures, programs and processes to achieve worldwide business needs.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate programs, processes and tools to ensure that they align with competitive practice, the organization’s objectives and legal requirements.
• Oversee practices that ensure favorable employment conditions balancing employer needs with employee rights and needs.
• Have core knowledge of the organization’s international HR activities.

Certification Examination Eligibility Requirements

Testing is offered at more then 250 Thomson Prometric testing centers in the U.S. and Canada, and 116 internationally. Please visit www.HRCI.org to learn more about testing windows, deadlines, exam fees and how to apply for the exam.

May 2010
HR Certification Institute
Test Dates
Early Registration Deadline - 3/12/10
Late Registration Deadline - 4/16/10
HR Certification Institute Test Date Window - 5/1/10 - 5/30/10