Program Overview
Human Resources Professional Certificate is a structured 60-hour ADR Academy certificate program focused on practical, defensible professional performance. The program combines guided instruction, realistic scenarios, applied tools, knowledge checks, and a final capstone.
Who Should Attend
HR coordinators, specialists, managers, supervisors, and professionals preparing for broader human-resources responsibilities.
Program Details
- Total program time: 60 hours
- Delivery: Interactive online and instructor-supported learning; scheduled live virtual or private cohort delivery may also be offered
- Instructor: ADR Academy / Guno O. Ritfeld and approved faculty, as assigned
- Passing standard: 80 percent plus completion of all required activities
- Certificate: ADR Academy certificate issued after Registrar verification
- Individual tuition: $1,995
Learning Outcomes
- Apply the core standards, terminology, and professional responsibilities associated with this program.
- Use structured tools to plan, document, analyze, and communicate work.
- Recognize risks, limitations, referral points, and quality-control requirements.
- Demonstrate learning through scenarios, work products, assessments, and a capstone.
Eight-Module Curriculum
- HR strategy, roles, ethics, and legal context
- Talent planning, recruitment, and selection
- Onboarding, learning, and employee development
- Compensation, benefits, and total rewards
- Performance management and employee relations
- Equal employment opportunity and workplace compliance
- HR metrics, records, technology, and risk
- Integrated HR professional capstone
Completion Requirements
- Complete all eight modules and required learning activities.
- Pass all required knowledge checks and the final assessment with at least 80 percent.
- Submit the applied capstone or work product identified for the course.
- Complete the course evaluation and satisfy identity and participation requirements.
Enrollment and Access
Individual enrollment is completed through the connected ADR Academy product and checkout page. Course access and any scheduled instructor sessions are provided after payment and enrollment confirmation. Agency and private-group delivery is available through the Federal Workforce Consultation request.
Important Credential Notice
ADR Academy awards training certificates of completion. This course does not confer appointment, licensure, law-enforcement authority, or an agency, CIGIE, FLETC, AIG, SHRM, or other third-party credential unless expressly identified in writing.
ADR Academy Support
Contact info@adraceu.com or (703) 584-5504 for enrollment, access, or instructional support.
2026 Curriculum and Completion Plan
This structured 60-hour certificate contains eight sequenced units, applied work products, knowledge checks and a capstone.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply current concepts, standards and professional responsibilities.
- Use structured tools to plan, analyze, document and communicate work.
- Recognize ethical, legal, security, quality and referral risks.
- Demonstrate learning through applied work products and a capstone.
Eight-Module Curriculum
- Module 1: HR Strategy, Roles, Ethics and Legal Context — strategic alignment, professional ethics, employment law and risk.
- Module 2: Talent Planning, Recruitment and Selection — job analysis, workforce planning, sourcing, interviewing and selection validity.
- Module 3: Onboarding, Learning and Employee Development — orientation, competency development, adult learning, career paths and succession.
- Module 4: Compensation, Benefits and Total Rewards — job value, pay structure, incentives, benefits, equity and communication.
- Module 5: Performance Management and Employee Relations — expectations, feedback, documentation, discipline, engagement and labor relations.
- Module 6: EEO and Workplace Compliance — nondiscrimination, accommodation, harassment prevention, leave and investigations.
- Module 7: HR Metrics, Records, Technology and Risk — analytics, records, privacy, HR systems, vendor controls and workforce risk.
- Module 8: Integrated HR Professional Capstone — integration of strategy, talent, rewards, relations, compliance and analytics.
Learning Resources
Core ADRA curriculum. Cengage Human Resource Management, 17th Edition with MindTap is the planned companion when it becomes available in ADRA's institutional selector.
Completion Requirements
Complete all eight units in order, finish every required activity, achieve at least 80 percent on required assessments and submit the capstone. Estimated total learning time: 60 hours.
