SHRM plans to offer ‘competency-based' certifications in 2015; 140,000 professionals currently hold certifications from HRCI As divorces go, this one is neither amicable nor private. The Society for Human Resource Management has ended its 38-year partnership with the HR Certification Institute, and will begin offering its own exams next year—exams that SHRM predicts will become "the new standard for HR professionals around the globe." Shortly after the May announcement, HRCI moved out of SHRM's Alexandria, Va., building, where it had rented space. HRCI says it has been excluded from SHRM's annual conference, June 22-25 in Orlando, Fla., where SHRM will announce the… Read More