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Human Resource Management, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate

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Elevate Your HR Career Potential

What Makes This Program Different?

This cutting-edge 18-hour certificate is the perfect addition to your resume. In less than a year, you can complete six graduate-level courses covering all aspects of the most critical knowledge needed for successful HR professionals and those in managerial roles with significant HR responsibilities. You'll be amazed at how much your professional knowledge and skills grow and blossom throughout the course of this post-baccalaureate certificate program. 

Are you a busy, working professional who is looking to enhance your credibility but is worried you don't have the time for a full-time degree program?  This program is offered completely online, and you can progress as quickly or slowly as your work and family life allow. 

Are you worried about the cost? This 18-hour certificate is one of the most affordable degree programs you'll find, which is not only taught by leading HR and business professionals but also closely aligned with the SHRM gold standard for graduate HR education! Contact our professional advisors for more information about how affordable this program can be for you! 

Do you want to advance your education with an MBA but are worried you can't commit to a long degree program? Our certificate program can be completed as a standalone post-baccalaureate certificate, but then can later be applied toward our award-winning and highly recognized Cameron School of Business's MBA program! 

This program is accessible to professionals in all career stages and with all types of work and life constraints. Take the leap! This certification will open doors and elevate your career! Apply today! 

Learn To: 

  • Develop strategic HR thinking
  • Be proficient in talent acquisition and retention
  • Become well versed in HR laws and ethical considerations
  • Utilize HR technology and analytics to inform strategic decision making
  • Design and implement training and development programs
  • Plan and execute strategic HR projects
  • Lead and communicate efficiently and effectively in a business setting
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Graduates Can Have a Career As A:

Benefits Specialist
A benefits specialist manages the administration of benefits for employees, such as retirement plans, medical, dental, vision, life insurance and short- and long-term disability. Their job may include enrolling employees into benefits, ensuring that benefit plans are accurate, processing life status updates, distributing materials relating to benefit enrollment and assisting employees with plan changes.
 
Compensation Manager
A compensation manager oversees the compensation plans for the staff departments. Their job may include responsibilities such as devising compensation programs and documents, advising the corporate staff concerning pay decisions, creating incentive plans for employees, analyzing and organizing salary and compensation data, establishing compliance with current compensation laws and hiring and training employees in the compensation department. A compensation manager has extensive knowledge of federal, state and local compensation regulations in order to fulfill their position's roles.
Recruiting Specialist
A recruiting specialist creates recruiting plans and programs to help find candidates who meet the needs of the company. Their job responsibilities may include screening candidates, performing background checks, collaborating with hiring managers for staffing needs, conducting exit interviews and advising the hiring team. They also help with the interview process, such as interviewing candidates, communicating and following up with candidates and providing candidates employer information during the interview process.
Human Resource Generalist

A human resource generalist's responsibilities include monitoring the employment needs of the company, figuring out how many employees any department needs, ensuring the development of new employees, taking part in employee training, administering payroll and ensuring employee safety and wellbeing.

Human Resource Manager

A human resources manager oversees the human resources department of a company. Their job responsibilities may include managing employees of the HR department. They're responsible for handling employee complaints and disagreements, acting as the intermediary between employees and management, administering benefit enrollment documents, creating training materials and ensuring that all employees are adhering to the company's rules and policies.

HRIS Analyst
A human resources information systems (HRIS) analyst uses databases and other systems to closely track and manage the human resources department. The responsibilities for this role may include creating employee reports, organizing and analyzing human resources data, storing personnel records, training human resources staff to use the data programs and entering data correctly into databases. An HRIS analyst oversees and manages the systems that their company uses to store and collect human resources data.
Labor Relations Specialist
A labor relations specialist analyzes and distributes documents relating to labor contracts. They also work directly with labor unions and their company's management. The roles and responsibilities of a labor relations specialist may include advising management and other employees on labor contracts, holding meetings between management and labor, drafting labor proposals, training employees on labor relations, managing collective bargaining and advocating for fair working environments within the company. A labor relations specialist works closely with employees to ensure the company respects their labor rights and wellbeing.
Human Resources Director
Responsible for overseeing the HR department of a company, an HR director also oversees the hiring, recruiting and staffing of the company, developing and implementing human resource policies, maintaining knowledge of human resources trends and applying it to their department, establishing the compliance of state laws and policies, monitoring professional development among the human resources staff and implementing the human resources budget. A human resources director guides the entire human resources department, so they have a thorough knowledge of each branch of the department.

Ready to Apply? 

If you are ready to take your next step in your Human Resources Management career, contact us at smithsm@uncw.edu or call us at 910-962-3903.