Educational Program Instructor Application
Over the past 35+ years, SHRM has educated thousands of individuals worldwide in the key functions and competencies required to ensure that today's HR professionals are equipped to meet the rapidly evolving needs of the business community.
SHRM Educational Programs provide world-class instruction coupled with experiential learning activities intended to stimulate discussion and provide the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies an HR professional needs to level up, transform and lead the organizations of tomorrow.
SHRM Instructor Expectations
SHRM instructors are part of a team of highly qualified HR and business experts who educate students in both in-person and live online educational settings.
- Classroom Manager: One who can manage student behaviors, as well as classroom logistical challenges (including technology and schedule adjustments).
- Knowledge Expert: One who has broad and extensive knowledge of the course content, and has credible experience that allows them to stand out as a subject matter expert. As a knowledge expert, it is imperative that our instructors ensure that their knowledge is current and in support of messaging/research that SHRM promotes externally.
- Program Facilitator: One who can guide a group of students to achieve a set of common course objectives by drawing on existing knowledge, sharing from experiences, leading practical learning activities, and filling in knowledge gaps.
Job Qualifications
Applicants must meet specific educational and work experience criteria at the time they submit their application.
- Applicants must have 10+ years of HR practical experience
- Applicants must have 10+ years of teaching experience
- Applicants must be able to facilitate in a live online platform
- Applicants must be SHRM-SCP certified to facilitate the SHRM Certification Preparation programs.
- Applicants must be SHRM certified to facilitate HR-specific programs (i.e. SHRM Essentials of Human Resources or Leading Internal Investigations) and/or any programs that have an HR generalist focus.
- Applicants must hold a SHRM Specialty Credential to facilitate a program that is part of a SHRM Specialty Credential (i.e. California HR: Applying CA Law to Employment Practices or Talent Acquisition: Creating your Organization's Strategy). Other specialized credentials, advanced degrees, etc. will be considered for focused programming as well.