What it means?
Since 1961, the National Association of Personnel Services has been certifying recruiting and staffing professionals nationally. Today, there are more than 10,000 professionals designated as Certified Personnel Consultants (CPC) or Certified Temporary-Staffing Specialists (CTS). Over 300 professionals are dually certified, a trend that continues to grow as the market and demand dictates more blended capabilities. NAPS also has available the first staffing specialty certification designation, the Physician Recruiting Consultant (PRC).
Why certify?
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.
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NAPS certification was initially established as a self-regulation vehicle for the staffing industry. Today, along with this, it is the opportunity to expand the professional knowledge base in employment law, changing regulations, best business practices and the highest standards of ethics.
- How to get certified?
- CAPS continues to work closely with NAPS to bring the Certification program to Connecticut. In 2007, CAPS is sponsoring two Certification Immersion Classes. These classes are taught by Bob Style, esq. and Dr. Frank Burtnett, the author of the manual and the author of the exam respectively. These intensive training sessions are designed to educate prospective certificants in the “body of knowledge” contained in NAPS legal manuals and “prep” individuals for the CPC or CTS examination. The class ends with the 2-hour exam.
This year the two CAPS sponsored Certification Immersion Classes will be offered on:
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April 17, 2008 in Boston, MA
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September 18, 2008 in Cheshire, CT
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at the AccordingToDanny Training Center
To learn more about certification immersion and other area classes, CLICK HERE.
As an alternative, industry professionals may elect to take the exam on line. All study materials are wutomatically sent to the individual and they may take the exam whenever they feel they are properly prepped. To learn more about the online exam, CLICK HERE.
Why continuing education?
It's very important that certified staffing professionals stay current with legal, business and related practices. In 1995, NAPS initiated mandatory continuing education for CPCs and CTSs. You must take part in 50 contact hours of professional development or training experiences in each three (3) year period after certification. Visit the various links on the NAPS Web site to learn more about this continuing education and how to meet this requirement.
Those certified professional who do no meet the continuing education requirement every three years will have the certification rights revoked until the credits are achieved.
