profile Human Capital Singapore
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aunched in 2008, the Human Resource Workforce Skills Qualifications (HR WSQ) Framework sets out the national skills standards for HR professionals and provides greater access to HR training and attainment of nationally-recognised certifications. The full suite of HR WSQ training can be found at Human Capital Singapore (HCS), the national Continuing Education and Training (CET) centre for HR. Established in 2009, the centre has trained almost 4,000 HR professionals and people managers to-date, and offers over 40 HR Management and HR Development courses. HR professionals wanting to deepen their skills in their specific functional areas can choose from five certification programmes including Recruitment & Selection, Talent Management as well as Performance Management. HCS has also developed the Chief People Officer Post-graduate (CPOP) programme for top executives and corporate leaders. Based on the HR WSQ framework, the CPOP Programme leads to a WSQ Specialist Diploma in Human Capital Management and builds people management capabilities in leaders so that they can better leverage human capital in their businesses.
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(L-R): Andy Seah, Assistant Commissioner of IRAS receiving his CPOP certificate from Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister Of State, Ministry Of Community Development, Youth & Sports
Designed to facilitate extensive knowledgesharing on challenges, emerging trends and best practices in people management, HCS programmes have drawn many non-HR professionals as well. One of them, Andy Seah, Assistant Commissioner of IRAS explains, “The CPOP Programme and the HR WSQ framework provide a systematic and highly relevant way for the HR community and senior managers to raise our leadership and HR competencies as well as discuss and advance our thinking on HR matters. The networking opportunities and open sharing have also been invaluable in learning best practices that we can adopt in our organisations.� + For more information on Human Capital Singapore, please visit www.hcs.com.sg or contact us at enquiry@hcs.com.sg or 6423 0388