1.4. Summary
Certification for HR professionals is a process that has been evolving for more than 50 years. The HR BOK was first developed in 1975 to define the profession and provide the basis for certification. Over the years, HRCI has updated the BOK to reflect current business needs and trends to ensure its viability in business. Both the PHR and SPHR exams are based on federal legislation and case law and are experiential, meaning that in order to pass them, candidates need to have exempt-level experience in the field.
Questions on the exams are developed by certified HR professionals who volunteer their time to produce 50 questions per year. The questions go through two levels of review prior to inclusion as unscored pretest questions ...
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