Advance your HR career with the HRCI Certification Program
Enroll today in a 14-week program designed to expand your HR knowledge and skills and prepare you for the Professional in Human Resources (PHR ®) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR ®) certification exams.
We offer this program in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The curriculum covers the newly updated 2010 HRCI body of knowledge which develops competencies and decision-making skills demanded of the profession.
The next Tuesday evening program begins August 31 and meets from 6-9:30 pm. The class will meet at Geico Headquarters in North Dallas. The cost of the course is $1150 and includes classroom instruction and SHRM Learning System materials.
Due to popular demand, PDI is providing a second offering of the PHR/SPHR test preparation program on alternate Saturdays from 9am to 4pm beginning September 11. The class will meet at the UNT South Dallas campus. The cost of the course is $1150 and includes class instruction and SHRM Learning System materials.
You may register either by faxing the registration form to us at 940.565.3362, calling us at 940.565.3353 online, or via mail. Our mailing address is 1204 W. University, Ste. 150 Denton, TX 76201.
Eligibility requirements to sit for the PHR/SPHR/GPHR exams are changing with the May/June 2011 exam. Work experience requirements and education are now factored into eligibility to sit for the exam. To view the new requirements, click here.
Dr. Ledgerwood is director of the SHRM certification program at the University of North Texas in Denton. She is past president of the Southern Management Association and the Southwest Academy of Management and has served on two national SHRM committees. She was recently named an UNT Honors Professor and has won more than a dozen teaching awards. She was voted HR Professional of the Year in 2004.
Ms. Starnes is a Legal Department Administrator at Centex Corporation where she manages and directs the administrative functions of the Legal Department. With more than 15 years of experience in HR capacities, she's been involved in recruiting and training, benefits administration, policy and procedure development, among others. Ms. Starnes has chaired the Human Resources section and served on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Chapter Association of Legal Administrators. She also earned her MBA from Texas Woman's University.
Barbara E. Hoover, SPHR, has extensive Human Resources experience in the hospitality industry including oversight of the "people" function in 28 business units from coast to coast, all diverse and some unionized. She has taught the SHRM Learning System for five years, and is an instructor for the Dallas HR Association HR Certification Study Group, specifically facilitating the Introduction to the Certification Process, and Strategic Management.
For more than 30 years, we've provided exceptional training programs for a variety of companies and industries. We strive to provide a learning experience relevant to each participant. While we can tell you what we aim to do, it's more powerful from those who've attended our programs. Below are some of the most recent comments about our programs and instructors.
"I liked the instructor's ability to bring participants into sessions." -Paul L.
"I did learn a great deal and that I couldn't have asked for a better circumstance for my first HR related class. It was a tremendous help with regards to my limited knowledge of HR and HR management." - Brian
I really think that everything you taught me has been very beneficial, and it seems that I am always using information from class. - Elizabeth
