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SHRM Certification Exam Preparation (LIVE)

May 06 - 08, 2024
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Program Overview

This comprehensive program, led by a SHRM-certified HR practitioner, Mike Letizia, SHRM SCP will help prepare you to earn your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification. You will experience a detailed review of the current SHRM Body of Applied Skills & Knowledge™ (SHRM BASK™). During your learning experience, your expert facilitator will build upon the foundation you've already established through your studies, guiding you through interactive discussions, sample test questions and periodic progress checks. You will be able to identify your areas of strength and build on them, and pinpoint areas where you need further concentrated study in preparation for either exam. Your dynamic classroom experience, along with your in-depth study of the SHRM Learning System, will help ensure that you're well-prepared and confident on exam day.

The SHRM Learning System, combined with a dynamic classroom environment and personalized instruction, will help ensure that you're well-prepared and confident on exam day.

Please note for multiple orders the SHRM Learning System books will be shipped to one primary shipping address. (Books cannot be shipped to PO boxes due to size)

Features & Benefits

  • Led by qualified and certified instructors.
  • Classroom environment provides networking opportunities
  • Outside-the-classroom assignments help reinforce seminar sessions
  • Sample test questions and periodic process checks keep you confident in your breadth of knowledge
  • The virtual seminar delivery option allows real-time Q&As and chats between virtual seminar participants, providing a dynamic virtual classroom experience
  • All virtual classes are recorded in their entirety for viewing at your convenience.
  • One virtual group coaching session led by a SHRM-certified instructor to help guide exam preparations

Program Outline

NEW! Bonus feature: Test Taking Tips Session

All SHRM Certification Preparation course participants receive access to an exclusive session on test taking tips, covering topics including:

  • Overcoming test anxiety
  • Studying in a way that leverages your strengths
  • Dispelling popular myths about the exam

Before Your Course

Your SHRM Learning System (the printed learning modules) will be delivered before the program begins (approximately one week after you register). Be sure to explore the platform and begin familiarizing yourself with the content, so your instructor can help you build on your foundational knowledge. Act early to maximize your pre-program studies.

This comprehensive and dynamic system helps you prepare with:

  • Learning Modules
  • Practice Questions
  • Interactive Study Tools
  • Virtual Host & Instructional Videos
  • Flashcards printable or online.
  • Bonus Resources

Already own the 2023 SHRM Learning System? Contact us at NorCal@shrm.org

2024 SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP Testing Windows

First Test Window: May 1 – July 15, 2024
(Applications Accepted: January 3, 2024; Early Bird Deadline: March 17, 2024; Standard Deadline: April 19, 024)

Second Test Window: December 1, 2024 – February 15, 2024
(Applications Accepted: June 3, 2024; Early Bird Deadline: September 11, 2024; Standard Deadline: November 9, 2024)

About our Speaker

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Mike Letizia, SHRM-SCP

Mike Letizia, SHRM-SCP, is an accomplished, certified, senior human resource executive with over 33 years' experience in the full scope of all HR functional areas, with his last 21 years holding Director, Vice President, and President roles in HR. Mike is a subject matter expert in California employment law and is the author and developer of California Employment Law Essentials for Business and has collaborated with SHRM in the development of education courses focused on California employment law.

Through his company, Mike provides full-scope human resources services to over 30 small to medium-sized business in California with a strong focus on training and development. He is a contracted instructor for SHRM delivering both virtual and face-to-face human resource education courses throughout the U.S. in addition to California. He is also a frequent speaker at business and trade associations delivering presentations, workshops, and courses on a variety of human resource topics.

Contact

Anne Gamino, CMP
650.609.2379
anne.gamino@shrm.org

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