LINNEA SLADE PASSES HUMAN RESOURCE CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE EXAM

Modesto, CA, June 24, 2009 -- Linnea Slade recently passed the Human Resource Certification Institute's Professional in Human Resources (PHR) exam.

Linnea is an April 2009 graduate of Brigham Young University, with a major in Business Management.

HRCI is the credentialing body for human resource professionals and is affiliated with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively to the human resource profession. The Institute's purpose is to promote the establishment of professional standards and to recognize professionals who meet those standards.

There are two examination levels -- the Professional in Human Resources (PHR) with an operational/technical focus, and the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) with more of a strategic/ policy focus. Passing the certification exam shows that an individual has mastered the human resource body of knowledge. Both exams have experience requirements.

Students may take the PHR exam up to 12 months before their graduation date, and recent graduates may take the exam no later than one year after their graduation date. Students and recent graduates then have five years from the date of passing the exam to accumulate the exempt-level experience requirements.