Human resources
The two recognized HR credential families — SHRM (SHRM-CP/SCP) and HRCI (aPHR/PHR/SPHR) — and the free study paths into them.
Society for Human Resource Management
SHRM's competency-based HR certifications (CP for practitioners, SCP for senior) — one of the two recognized HR credential families employers ask for.
✓ A leading HR professional certification
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HR Certification Institute
HRCI's credential ladder — aPHR (no experience needed), PHR, SPHR. NCCA-accredited and long-recognized; the other major HR credential family alongside SHRM.
✓ The original HR certification family (NCCA-accredited)
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SHRM Foundation
UNVERIFIED — DO NOT PUBLISH AS-IS. The SHRM Foundation home page references an "HR Registered Apprenticeship Program" alongside scholarships and grants (the Foundation states it awards over $600,000 in scholarships and grants annually), but its dedicated programme page returned 404 this session and the Foundation home page does not state cost, structure, whether apprentices are paid, or whether a SHRM certification is included. Separately confirmed: human resources is NOT one of the twelve industries apprenticeship.gov lists. This is the only free-HR lead found in the sweep and it needs a human to verify before it goes in the catalog.
✓ UNVERIFIED
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