If you’ve read this blog for more than a few days, you know I’m no stranger to the discussion around HR certification. But today I’m going to share some thoughts from a recent conversation with a friend and colleague on why HR certification matters and how to leverage it for career success. It was a fun discussion with Kristina Minyard, who recently completed her own SHRM-SCP exam, about the value of both the HRCI and SHRM certification options. Click here to check out the episode and listen in.

Notes from the podcast

• Link to the episode
• Ben celebrates his 10th wedding anniversary and his one year anniversary running Lighthouse Research.
• Kristina also participated in episode two, Recruiting as a Service.
• Ben and Kristina talk about why certification matters to them as volunteer leaders, speakers, professionals, and more.
• Kristina points out why certification is different from education and why it is arguably more important.
• Ben and Kristina discuss the HRCI vs SHRM options for certification exams.
• Kristina talks about group vs solo prep and which works best
• Ben reminds everyone about some of the certification tools available on upstartHR
• Kristina talks about her recent experience taking and passing the SHRM-SCP exam and her lessons learned

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