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PHRi
The PHRi program teaches international HR professionals operational and strategic competencies across talent acquisition, administration, talent management, compensation, and employee relations, preparing them to apply, analyze, and shape global HR practices.
135
Minutes
115
Questions
$495
Exam Cost
Who Should Take This
HR managers, generalists, and specialists who have at least one year of professional HR experience with a master’s degree, two years with a bachelor’s, or four years without a degree are ideal candidates. They seek to validate their expertise, expand their strategic impact, and meet global competency standards for career advancement.
What's Covered
1
All six functional areas of the HRCI PHRi exam (2024 outline): Talent Acquisition
2
, HR Administration and Shared Services
3
, Talent Management and Development
4
, Compensation, Benefits, and Work Experience
5
, Employee Relations and Risk Management
6
, and HR Information Management
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Course Outline
59 learning goals
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Functional Area 1: Talent Acquisition
3 topics
International workforce planning and labor markets
- Implement workforce planning processes that account for local labor market conditions, skills availability, demographic trends, and regulatory constraints across multiple international jurisdictions.
- Analyze international labor market data including unemployment trends, talent supply and demand, compensation benchmarks, and mobility patterns to inform global talent acquisition strategy.
- Design succession planning frameworks for international operations that identify critical roles, assess cross-border talent readiness, and develop culturally diverse leadership pipelines.
- Implement contingent workforce management practices including temporary staffing agencies, independent contractor compliance, outsourcing governance, and employer-of-record arrangements in international markets.
Recruitment strategy and selection
- Implement multi-channel international recruitment strategies including local job portals, global platforms, executive search firms, university partnerships, and employee referral programs.
- Analyze selection assessment validity across cultural contexts including cognitive ability tests, personality inventories, assessment centers, and structured interviews adapted for cultural fairness.
- Design employer branding strategies that articulate a compelling employee value proposition across diverse cultural markets while maintaining consistent organizational identity.
- Analyze candidate experience metrics including application completion rates, interview feedback scores, offer acceptance rates, and onboarding satisfaction to optimize the international hiring process.
Onboarding and immigration compliance
- Implement comprehensive onboarding programs that address local compliance requirements, cultural orientation, regulatory training, and integration milestones for international new hires.
- Apply work authorization and immigration compliance procedures including visa categories, work permit processes, right-to-work verification, and employer sponsorship obligations across jurisdictions.
2
Functional Area 2: HR Administration and Shared Services
3 topics
HR service delivery and organizational design
- Implement HR service delivery models including shared services centers, centers of excellence, HR business partners, and outsourced functions optimized for international multi-site operations.
- Analyze organizational design options including functional, divisional, matrix, and network structures to recommend configurations that support international business strategies and HR efficiency.
- Design HR policy frameworks that balance global consistency with local adaptation, including policy governance models, exception management, and cultural sensitivity guidelines.
- Implement ethical standards and codes of conduct that address cross-cultural business practices, conflict of interest management, confidentiality obligations, and whistleblower protection mechanisms.
HR operations and vendor management
- Implement employee lifecycle administration processes including hire, transfer, promotion, leave management, repatriation, and separation procedures across international jurisdictions.
- Apply vendor management practices including RFP development, SLA negotiation, contract administration, performance monitoring, and relationship management for HR service providers.
- Analyze HR operational efficiency using cost-per-transaction, case resolution time, employee self-service adoption, and satisfaction metrics to optimize service delivery performance.
Change management and HR project execution
- Implement change management methodologies adapted for cross-cultural environments including stakeholder analysis, communication planning, resistance management, and adoption tracking.
- Apply HR project management disciplines including scope definition, resource planning, risk identification, milestone tracking, and cross-functional coordination for international HR initiatives.
3
Functional Area 3: Talent Management and Development
3 topics
Performance management and development programs
- Implement performance management systems including goal-setting frameworks, continuous feedback mechanisms, formal review cycles, and calibration processes adapted for cross-cultural effectiveness.
- Design learning and development programs using instructional design principles, adult learning theory, and technology-enabled delivery to build capabilities across geographically dispersed workforces.
- Analyze training effectiveness using evaluation frameworks, learning analytics, behavior transfer data, and business impact metrics to demonstrate return on learning investment.
- Implement performance improvement plan procedures including performance gap documentation, improvement goals, support resources, timeline management, and escalation to termination when warranted.
Talent management and succession planning
- Implement talent review processes including nine-box grids, potential assessments, talent pool segmentation, and high-potential identification to manage organizational talent pipelines.
- Design career development frameworks including competency models, career lattices, individual development plans, and mentoring programs that accommodate diverse cultural career expectations.
- Analyze employee engagement and retention data including turnover patterns, engagement scores, flight risk indicators, and cultural climate surveys to develop targeted retention strategies.
- Design employee recognition programs that accommodate cultural differences in public acknowledgment, monetary versus non-monetary rewards, individual versus team recognition, and achievement celebration norms.
Organizational development and leadership
- Implement leadership development programs including executive coaching, cross-cultural leadership training, international assignments, and action learning for global leader capability building.
- Apply organizational development interventions including team effectiveness, culture transformation, process improvement, and change readiness assessment across international business units.
- Analyze organizational development effectiveness using culture assessment tools, team effectiveness surveys, and change readiness indicators to measure transformation progress.
4
Functional Area 4: Compensation, Benefits, and Work Experience
3 topics
International compensation strategy
- Implement compensation structures using job evaluation, market pricing, and grading systems that address local market conditions, cost-of-living variations, and currency considerations.
- Analyze compensation competitiveness using salary surveys, market benchmarking data, and internal equity analysis to identify pay gaps and recommend structural adjustments.
- Design variable pay programs including performance bonuses, sales incentives, profit sharing, and long-term incentive plans aligned with local market practices and organizational goals.
- Implement job evaluation processes including point-factor analysis, market pricing methodology, and salary banding to establish equitable compensation frameworks across international operations.
Benefits administration and statutory compliance
- Implement benefits programs including statutory social insurance, supplementary health coverage, pension schemes, leave entitlements, and family-friendly benefits in compliance with local regulations.
- Implement payroll administration processes including salary calculations, statutory deductions, social contributions, tax reporting, and pay cycle management across multiple jurisdictions.
- Analyze total rewards effectiveness using utilization data, employee satisfaction surveys, market benchmarks, and cost-benefit analysis to optimize benefits investment decisions.
Work experience and wellbeing
- Implement flexible work programs including remote work policies, hybrid arrangements, compressed schedules, and job sharing that comply with local employment regulations and cultural norms.
- Design employee wellbeing programs including mental health support, work-life balance initiatives, ergonomic standards, and employee assistance programs adapted to local cultural expectations.
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Functional Area 5: Employee Relations and Risk Management
3 topics
International employment law compliance
- Implement employment law compliance programs addressing anti-discrimination protections, equal pay requirements, data privacy regulations, and worker protection standards across international jurisdictions.
- Analyze employment contract requirements across jurisdictions including mandatory terms, probationary periods, non-compete clauses, notice periods, and statutory severance obligations.
- Design compliance monitoring frameworks that track regulatory changes, assess organizational exposure, and ensure timely adaptation of HR policies to evolving international employment regulations.
- Implement termination and redundancy procedures that comply with local notice period requirements, severance calculations, consultation obligations, and employee appeal rights across jurisdictions.
Employee relations and dispute resolution
- Implement workplace investigation protocols including complaint intake, evidence collection, witness interviews, findings documentation, and corrective actions compliant with local procedural requirements.
- Apply progressive discipline and performance improvement procedures that comply with local employment law requirements for due process, proportionality, and documentation standards.
- Analyze dispute resolution options including internal grievance procedures, mediation, arbitration, labor tribunals, and litigation to recommend appropriate resolution strategies.
- Design anti-harassment and anti-discrimination programs including prevention training, reporting mechanisms, investigation protocols, and remedial action frameworks compliant with local requirements.
Health, safety, and organizational risk
- Implement occupational health and safety programs including risk assessments, safety training, incident investigation, emergency preparedness, and regulatory reporting across international operations.
- Analyze labor relations environments including union representation, works councils, collective agreements, and employee consultation requirements to manage organizational labor risk.
- Design organizational risk mitigation strategies addressing legal liability, regulatory non-compliance, reputational risk, and business continuity from an international HR perspective.
- Implement diversity, equity, and inclusion programs that respect cultural differences in equal opportunity concepts, affirmative action frameworks, and inclusive workplace practices across regions.
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Functional Area 6: HR Information Management
2 topics
HRIS and workforce analytics
- Implement HRIS administration including multi-country employee data management, self-service portals, workflow automation, system integrations, and global workforce reporting capabilities.
- Analyze workforce metrics including headcount, turnover, cost-per-hire, time-to-fill, training ROI, engagement scores, and labor cost ratios to generate actionable business insights.
- Design HR reporting frameworks and dashboards that present key workforce indicators, trend analyses, and cross-country comparisons to support evidence-based decision-making.
- Implement HR technology solutions including learning management systems, talent management platforms, employee self-service portals, and digital collaboration tools for distributed international workforces.
Data governance and privacy compliance
- Implement data governance policies including data classification, access controls, cross-border data transfer mechanisms, retention schedules, and breach notification procedures for international HR data.
- Analyze privacy compliance requirements under GDPR, local data protection laws, and industry regulations to ensure HR data practices meet legal obligations across all operating jurisdictions.
- Design employee data retention and destruction policies that comply with varying jurisdictional requirements including minimum retention periods, secure disposal methods, and litigation hold procedures.
- Analyze the impact of emerging technology including artificial intelligence, automated decision-making, and employee monitoring tools on HR data privacy obligations and employee rights.
Scope
Included Topics
- All six functional areas of the HRCI PHRi exam (2024 outline): Talent Acquisition (19%), HR Administration and Shared Services (19%), Talent Management and Development (19%), Compensation, Benefits, and Work Experience (17%), Employee Relations and Risk Management (16%), and HR Information Management (10%).
- Talent acquisition in international contexts: workforce planning, recruitment strategy, sourcing across global markets, selection methods, employer branding, candidate experience, onboarding, and immigration compliance for international hires.
- HR administration and shared services: HR service delivery models, policy development and administration, employee lifecycle management, vendor management, HR project management, and organizational design across international operations.
- Talent management and development: performance management systems, succession planning, leadership development, learning program design and delivery, organizational development, career pathing, and talent retention in diverse cultural environments.
- Compensation, benefits, and work experience: total rewards philosophy, compensation structures, job evaluation, salary benchmarking, statutory and supplementary benefits, pension and social security systems, payroll administration, and work-life programs across multiple jurisdictions.
- Employee relations and risk management: employment law compliance across jurisdictions, workplace investigations, disciplinary procedures, grievance mechanisms, health and safety regulations, labor relations, collective agreements, and organizational risk mitigation.
- HR information management: HRIS systems, workforce analytics, data governance, privacy regulations (including GDPR), reporting and compliance, and technology-enabled HR transformation in global organizations.
Not Covered
- US-specific employment laws (Title VII, FMLA, FLSA, ADA, NLRA) and US federal regulatory frameworks that are covered by the domestic PHR certification.
- C-suite strategic advisory, enterprise-wide organizational transformation, and board-level governance covered by the SPHRi certification.
- Advanced labor economics, international trade law, and cross-border M&A due diligence beyond professional-level HR competency.
- Advanced data science, machine learning applications in HR, and predictive modeling beyond standard workforce analytics.
- California-specific regulations and US state-level compliance nuances covered by the PHRca certification.
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