This is a space just for students. It’s a place for you to explore a future in human resources and learn all about the professional designation that will help you make progress throughout your career – the CHRP, or Certified Human Resources Professional.

Look around, get answers to your questions, check out your options and see what other students and professionals have to say about HR.

• Human Resources  – A Profession for the 21stCentury
• A Day in the Life of an HR Professional  – So what exactly do HR professionals do?
• Faces  – What young HR professionals have to say about the CHRP
• The Edge  – 5 ways you win with a CHRP designation
• Link up  – Connect with other students and your provincial association

Human Resources – A Profession for the 21^st Century
 
In today’s new economy, smokestacks are giving way to microchips and “capital” now comes in the form of great people and big ideas. Human capital is what success is all about, whether you’re a business, government, hospital or NGO. That’s why a recent poll¹ of Canadian business leaders found that “staffing concerns” was the #2 issue keeping CEOs up at night. Yup, it’s that important.

So what is the profession of the 21st Century? Human Resources - the art and science of finding the right people, putting them in the right jobs, and keeping them psyched about the work they do. HR professionals are helping organizations figure out how to survive with an aging workforce, an increasingly diverse society and an increasing focus on social responsibility.

The CEO Poll: Under pressure, Canadian Business magazine, June 11, 2008