UW Oshkosh College of Business

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Campus 2006

Human Resource Management

SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) has received the Superior Merit Award from the National SHRM for 7 consecutive years
Received UW Oshkosh Chancellor's Award for Excellence

Human Resource Management professionals design jobs and write job descriptions; recruit, screen and hire new employees; train employees to perform their current jobs more effectively; and help employees develop new skills to take on more responsible positions. They also create systems to monitor and improve individual and team performance, manage pay systems and benefits plans, negotiate and administer labor agreements, and generally manage the employment relationship.

Career Opportunities

HR generalists
benefits or training specialist
creating HR management in a growing firm
HR manager involved with mergers, downsizing, international business and quality management processes
HR manager implementing cultural changes associated with mergers, downsizing

Professional Certification

The Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) is affiliated with the national Society for Human Resource Management. There are two levels of Certification, the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). Both are based on a combination of performance on a national standardized test of human resource knowledge and skills and specified levels of experience in human resource jobs. The number of certified Human Resource Professionals number over 60,000 and is growing.