SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP Certification Preparation*
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Program Overview
This comprehensive program, led by a SHRM-certified HR practitioner, will help prepare you to earn your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP certification. You will experience a detailed review of the current SHRM Body of Applied Skills & Knowledge™ (SHRM BASK™). During your learning experience, your expert facilitator will build upon the foundation you've already established through your studies, guiding you through interactive discussions, sample test questions and periodic progress checks.
You will be able to identify your areas of strength and build on them, and pinpoint areas where you need further concentrated study in preparation for either exam. Your dynamic classroom experience, along with your in-depth study of the SHRM Learning System, will help ensure that you're well-prepared and confident on exam day.
The SHRM Learning System, combined with a dynamic classroom environment and personalized instruction, will help ensure that you're well-prepared and confident on exam day.
Features & Benefits
- Led by qualified and certified instructors.
- Classroom environment provides networking opportunities
- Outside-the-classroom assignments help reinforce seminar sessions
- Sample test questions and periodic process checks keep you confident in your breadth of knowledge
After your two days of in-person instruction on-site in Chicago, the last portion of your program will be held virtually on Monday, 7/1, Tuesday, 7/2, and Wednesday, 7/3, from 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM ET through Zoom.
*Additional fee and registration required.
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Michael Letizia, SHRM SCP

Mike Letizia is an accomplished, certified, senior human resource executive with over 35 years’ experience in the full scope of all HR functional areas. His last 23 years holding Director, Vice President, and President roles in HR. Mike is a subject matter expert in California employment law and is the author and developer of, “California Employment Law Essentials for Business” and has collaborated with SHRM in the development of education courses focused on California employment law.
Through his company, Mike provides full scope human resource services to over 30 small to medium sized business in California with a strong focus on training and development. He is a contracted instructor for SHRM delivering both virtual and face-to-face human resource education courses throughout the USA and California. He is also a frequent speaker at business and trade associations delivering presentations, workshops and courses on a variety of human resource topics.
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