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About Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR
Expertise
I can answer questions pertaining to Compensation, Health Benefits, Retirement Plans, Payroll,Payroll taxes, Employee selection, Employee Termination, Training, and Employee Incentives. I have offices in U.S., Canada, UK, South Africa,Australia and NZ. I am most confident in the U.S. and Canadian but have knowledge of the internationals. I do not have extensive knowledge of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I do have some Human Resource Knowledge in those areas. Please do not ask me homework questions, I do not have time to answer them.

Experience
I currently hold both the U.S. and Canadian Payroll Certifications. I currently hold the SHRM PHR certification. I have worked in the Human Resources area with high emphasis on compensation and benefits for 25 years at the same company. My company is an international company and I work with our International offices whenever there is a Human Resource area needing addressed. I volunteer on the American Payroll Association hotline and have for the last 10 years or so. I answer many questions each week for other payroll and HR professionals, mostly on taxes, benefits and compensation issues. I have been the trustee for our 401K plan for Retirement benefits and our 125 Cafeteria Plan for Health Insurance benefits.

Organizations
SHRM, National APA, National DOLEA, State National Mentoring Network I.O.M.A. Advisory Board

Publications
I.O.M.A. BNA

Education/Credentials
Boise State University Human Resource Certificate Program PHR through SHRM CPP through American Payroll Association Payroll Administrator and Payroll Supervisor certification through Canadian Payroll Association Published writer of Payroll and Benefit articles in a payroll Publication 25 years experience in an International Company

Awards and Honors
Citation of Merit 8 years in a row for hotline service for A.P.A. Honor Award for child mentoring service through RSVP and National Mentoring A "Pat on the Back" award for outstanding leadership as a Youth Group Leader by "The Salvation Army." Runner up for Employee of the Year at my Company twice and Employee of the month 4 times.

Past/Present Clients
I used to answer questions on Ask.com when they had a similar quesition and answer section. I volunteer for APA hotline I also belong to several HR forums when I often answer questions

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Human Resources - HR Certification

Expert: Shirley McAllister, CPP, PHR - 10/20/2009

Question
Dear Shirley,

I am an MBA in HR from a reputed Indian Business School and I have around four years experience in HR field in handling a generalist profile. So far in my career I have worked with reputed MNC's but I still feel that professionally I am lacking something. I need your assistance in understanding how to fill in the gap?
I have gone through your profile and know that you are PHR certified. I am a member of SHRM and am interested in exploring the certifications that they offer. Also keeping one more thing in mind, that my husband and I are interested in migrating to Canada very soon.
I want to know that pursuing which higher studies in the HR field will give me an added advantage once I am in Canada and will help me find a job that will commensurate with my expectations. I am quite aware that Indian education is not very much valued in Canada if one wants to work over there. Therefore keeping all that in mind can u guide me which course shall I pursue?

Thanks for your time.
Regards
Manmeet

Answer
The PHR is a US Certification. I am not sure how it is viewed in Canada. I know that in the HR field one of the fastest growing need is that of the benefits administrator. Pensions and insurance are becoming huge and many companies are hiring those knowledgeable in benefits because they need someone with expertiese in this aspect of HR.

Canada has an agency called Canadian Council of Human Resource Associations. They offer CHRP certification which is similar to the PHR offered by SHRM in the states. Their web site it at http://www.cchra.ca/Web/certification/content.aspx?f=29789.

SHRM does has a GPHR which is Global Professional Human Resources certification.
http://www.shrm.org/Pages/default.aspx

Shirley

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