An Employer Update on the SHRM Assurance of Learning® Assessment

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Agenda

How does SHRM encourage students to prepare for a career in HR?– Career Development Pathway

What is the Assurance of Learning Assessment? Why is it important for employers to be familiar with

the Assurance of Learning Assessment– Capstone to Graduation: The SHRM Assurance of

Learning® Assessment The Employers Guide to the SHRM Assurance of

Learning® Assessment

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Career Development PathwayYour path to a successful career in HR

Education

Internships

AssessmentWorking and

Staying Connected

Competencies, Life-long Learning

& Certification

So what is the SHRM Assurance of Learning®

Assessment?And WHY SHOULD EMPLOYERS CARE?

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What is it?

A knowledge-based, capstone exam designed to:

– provide HR students with an achievement, by passing a national exit exam, to help them differentiate themselves in the job marketplace;

– show potential employers that the student has acquired the knowledge required to enter the HR profession;

– help universities meet their accrediting body’s requirements by showing that the HR degree program teaches its students what it says it will teach them

– Replace the PHR for traditional students

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Content Areas Covered

Total Rewards– Employee Benefits– Total Rewards

Training and Development– Career Planning– Training & Development

Workforce Planning and Talent Management– HR Information Systems– Measuring HR Outcomes:

Metrics and the Bottom Line– Performance Management– Staffing: Recruitment and

Selection– Workforce Planning & Talent

Management

Employee & Labor Relations– Employee and Labor

Relations– Negotiation Skills

Employment Law– Employment Law– Risk Management:

Occupational Health, Safety, and Security

Strategic HR– HR and Globalization– HR and Organizational

Strategy– HR Mergers and Acquisitions– Leadership Skills– Managing Diversity

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Exam Basics Knowledge Exam 160 multiple choice questions

– 70% recall– 30% application of knowledge

Pass rate = 62% Certificate of Learning awarded to those

who pass. Three(3) 30-day test windows annually. – Spring, summer, fall to coincide with

commencement Costs– Members $135 / Nonmembers $210– Review materials available

Apply online @ www.shrm.org/assessment

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Who is eligible to take the assessment?

Undergraduate students and graduate students with little to no HR work experience

Must be earning an HR or HR-related degree in a school of business or I/O psychology program

Must be studying HR-specific courses. Must be studying HR-related content areas

tested on the exam. May take the exam beginning 1 year before

graduation and ending 1 year after graduation

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What does passing the exam show an employer?

Over time, test has proven to be both reliable and valid

Difficulty measures show that the test is difficult but fair

Differentiation measures show the test items appropriately differentiate between those students who know HR and those who do not

Slightly more difficult than PHR exam because it includes 30% application questions

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Employers Guide to the SHRM Assurance of Learning Assessment

Shows details of how test was developed– Test specifications– Quality control measures– How scores are determined– What passing means to a potential employer

Get your free copy by emailing Academics@shrm.org

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Assessment―Contact Us/Important Dates

E-mail and telephone Hotlines!

– assessment@shrm.org– 1-800-283-SHRM x3926 (EXAM)

To get your free copy of the Employers Guide to the Assurance of Learning Assessment

– academics@shrm.org Encourage students to apply

– www.shrm.org/assessment

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QUESTIONS?