Get your CPHR Designation this Year!

Author : CPHR Alberta 

Is 2024 the year you gain your CPHR Designation? As a Candidate member, the next and final step to become a Chartered Member with CPHR Alberta is submitting your Experience Validation Assessment application.  

We know that the idea of completing the EVA application can be overwhelming. The CPHR Canada Competency Framework contains a lot of information and trying to fully understand how to fill out the application in alignment with the framework can feel like a lot of effort. The idea of recording your entire career and justifying your skills and knowledge can be so daunting that people sometimes hold off pursuing their designation, but that doesn’t have to be the case.

Our Professional Standards team is here to help assuage these worries and fears. We run three initiatives to make the Experience Validation Assessment process clearer for applicants and to increase the success rates for our members. We want our members to attain the CPHR designation to help them:

  • boost their potential earning ability
  • enhance their career opportunities and
  • increase their influence in their organization.

The three initiatives include:

  1. EVA Guide – This is a comprehensive tool which breaks the application process down into easy to swallow weekly bites. The Guide offers applicants week by week instructions for gathering documents, self-assessing and filling in the separate areas of the application. 
  2. Virtual Candidate Orientation – These sessions lead attendees through a presentation that outlines what it means to be a Candidate member. Then, we break down how to fill out the Experience Validation Assessment application form. CPHR hopefuls can ask very specific questions and get direct feedback on their application.
  3. EVA Coaching Sessions – These are sessions over the phone where Candidates can speak directly to a member of the Professional Standards team about their unique situation to get helpful advice and guidance specific to their needs. Our Professional Standards Coordinator counsels and offers feedback to Candidates on their application to help ensure they have the best chance of success. These coaching spots are limited and fill very quickly.
Plan to complete your Experience Validation Assessment application this year and gain your designation in 2024!  
The deadlines for EVA applications are May 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024.
Below are the dates for upcoming EVA assistance opportunities.  Watch for more details on our website and in your inbox. 
 
Delivery Method Date Type Who should Attend
Online March 14 at 12pm Candidate Orientation Early in application process
Telephone April 16 to 18 EVA Coaching Ready to apply
Online May 7 Candidate Orientation Early in application process 
Online July 18 Candidate Orientation Early in application process
Telephone August 20 to 22 EVA Coaching Days Ready to apply
Online September 5 Candidate Orientation Early in application process
Telephone November 5 to 7  EVA Coaching Ready to apply
Online December 3 Candidate Orientation Early in application process 

 

 

The views and opinions expressed in this blog post belong solely to the original author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of CPHR Alberta.



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