Human Resource Management Certificate
a noncredit Chancellor's Certificate Program

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Your role in human resources is key to your company’s success. But what you don’t know can hurt you and your firm. As the first point of contact with potential employees, you have the power to build a strong foundation of quality, expertise, and knowledge. Refresh your knowledge of recent legal, corporate, and cultural changes that affect human resource management.

Our instructors are recognized experts with experience as attorneys, HR professionals, and trainers who will teach you the latest about the laws and cultural influences that affect hiring, training, and firing employees. You will learn from the experts how to read the workforce market, identify and develop the right people at the right time, and optimize your available resources. Whether you are refreshing, clarifying, or beginning your HR career, this program will ensure that you are on the right path.

This comprehensive, competency-based certificate program will give you the confidence and the knowledge you need to succeed in this complex and ever-changing field. By participating in this certificate program, you will learn how to:

• enhance employees’ career growth and development.
• motivate employees to greater levels of productivity.
• avoid time-consuming and costly lawsuits.
• reduce costs through effective selection and placement of employees.
• save your organization money by knowing how to decrease employee absenteeism and turnover.
• create more effective ways of developing the right people at the right time.
• respond effectively and efficiently to current affirmative-action-related legal issues.

Who should pursue a Human Resource Management Certificate?

• New human resource professionals desiring additional knowledge and skills for career advancement
• Current human resource specialists taking on increased responsibilities
• Human resource professionals reentering the job market looking to freshen up their resumes with knowledge of current practices
• Administrators or office managers in small to mid-size organizations needing to bring their human resource function to a higher level
• Divisional or departmental managers in decentralized organizations or branch operations that are responsible for the human resource function to multiple employees
• Social science graduates and others interested in pursuing a career in human resource management

Sample Topic

-The Human Resources Function—Planning, Recruiting, and Selection	-Health and Welfare Benefits
-Hiring and Firing	-Compensation Issues
-Employee Orientation and Development	-Retirement Benefits
-Labor Relations
-The Performance Management: > Performance Issues > Content Issues > Process Issues	-Legal Perspective on: > Selection and Hiring Decisions > Managing Performance > Compensation and Benefits

Comprehensive List of Topics

Certificate Requirement

Complete the 36 hours of training within one year of the starting date, and you will be awarded 3.6 Continuing Education Units and a noncredit Chancellor’s Certificate in Human Resource Management by the Chancellor of the University of Missouri–St. Louis.

Cancellation Policy for Noncredit Business Administration Programs: The University reserves the right to cancel any program. In the event of cancellation, you will be notified immediately, and all program fees will be returned. If you must cancel the registration, you are entitled to a full refund only if you cancel two weeks prior to the first class. A $50 processing fee will be assessed for later cancellations up to the first class.

Income Tax Deduction: The cost of continuing education is deductible for federal income tax purposes under certain circumstances. Check with the IRS or your tax advisor.

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This page last updated July 21, 2008.