An Analysis of HR Certification Value and Demand in Internet Job Announcements

Abstract

As human resources certifications become prominent measures of occupational competency, HR professionals are increasingly curious about the value these credentials provide for individuals and organizations. This study examines connections between the demand for HR certifications and job posting sources, job type, industry, experience, and education requirements. Analyzing data from two job announcement websites, this study determines the worth of HR certifications by using demand for certifications as a signal of value. Expanding the work of Lyons et al. (2011), the present study serves as a temporal benchmark and finds nearly 20% of job announcements require or prefer a form of HR certification. Demand is positively related to experience, higher-level positions and education.

Personnel Certification as a Necessary Condition for Enterprise’ Staff Development

“…Theoretical and practical bases of assessment of competencies of the personnel of firms and organizations and some issues of its certification were considered in their works by foreign scholars and practitioners: H. Aguinis [1,2], M. L. Lengnick-Hall [11], S. W. Lester [12,13], J. McKillip [15], D. M. Rousseau [18], D. J. Cohen [4], A. S. DeNisi [5], G. P. Latham [10], A. S. Garza [6], E. A. Locke [14], W. F. Cascio [3], R. A. Paxton [17] and others. The works of Ukrainian scientists S. Kis [7,8], Ya.…”

“…Briefly summarizing the review of literature [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,21], it should be noted that today the knowledge gained in educational institutions is becoming rather obsolete due to the emergence of new scientific advances and the development of technologies. In this regard, the specialist must constantly pass retraining in order to maintain their knowledge and skills at the required level.…”

“…Requirements for the availability of competent personnel at enterprises are set by international quality standards. In modern conditions one of the effective means of ensuring the proper level of employees competence, as evidenced by practical experience and scientific research [2,4,13,20,21], is the personnel certification for compliance with workplaces corporate requirements. To achieve this goal, it is necessary to provide the latest theoretical substantiation of requirements for the employees competencies, to conduct an assessment based on certification of the most important professions and positions as one of the main areas of enterprises strategic personnel management.…”