Since 1961, the National Association of Personnel
Services (NAPS) has been certifying recruiting and staffing professionals
nationally.
- CPC stands for Certified Personnel Consultant.
It is the coveted symbol of professionalism in the Personnel
Consulting industry. The Certification is viewed by the business
community and the industry as a seal of excellence. Fortune
Magazine reported in its July 20, 1998 issue that one way to
choose a recruiter is to ask if they've been certified.
- Certification is the Personnel Consulting
industry's badge of confidence. It identifies those individuals
who have attained a high level of expertise and professional
competence. Its purpose is to assure the employer and job applicant
that the highest ethical and professional standards will be
met in their business relationships with the private industry.
- To the client, certification is the assurance
that the personnel consultant you are working with met or surpassed
a prescribed set of standards and is a professional in all aspects
of the highly technical field of personnel placement.
- The rules about certification are few,
but they are significant. To qualify, an individual must be
employed currently in the practice of Personnel Consulting.
That individual must give evidence that he or she has been employed
for not less than two years or has comparable personnel experience.
The designation can only be granted to individuals. No firm
can claim that it is a CPC firm.
- Upon applying for certification, candidates
must first pass a Business Situation Interview. This interview
tests their knowledge of certain aspects of the field of specialization.
Should they fail the BSI, candidates are not permitted to continue
on with the written portions of the examination.
- The written examination is made up by an
independent testing organization with the input of designated
certification regents from the Personnel Consulting industry
across the nation. Candidates are tested on State and Federal
laws and the general business law.
What does CPC mean to you? Maybe even more
than it does to the individual who achieves it. It is your assurance
that you are working with a highly competent individual in the
complex field of employment!
Reprinted from the National Association of
Personnel Services (NAPS)
