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In this issue readers
will find:
The NRCSIP - Public & Professional Recognition of the CPC and CTS Credentials
Basic and Expanded Registry Profiles: Which Option Suits You Best?
Coming Next Month - Why I Certified: Testimonials of CPCs and CTSs
Promotion of the Registry in Public and Professional Circles
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Relevant Research - Women Business Owners Rising Significantly
GECKO Hospitality Sponsors First Firm Certification Immersion Workshop
Calendar - Upcoming Events
Message from the Editor - Let Us Hear From You
About The NAPS Credential
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Volume 1, Number 2
September 2006
By Frank Burtnett, Ed.D., NAPS Certification and Education Consultant
You've taken the vary serious step of seeking and achieving NAPS certification and you now have earned either the Certified Personnel Consultant (CPC) or Certified Temporary Staffing-Specialist (CTS) certificate (or both). Most of you place those letters after your name and in the literature and web messages you use to advance your firm. Now NAPS has taken a new, even larger, step to call public and professional attention to your certification achievement.
At www.nrcsip.com you will find the National Registry of Certified Staffing Industry Professionals, a place where employers and candidates you would like to serve can go and learn about the certificate(s) you hold and see your name posted among the individuals who separate themselves from the rest of the staffing industry through CPC and CTS certification.
Certificants who do not find their name and credential posted on the NCRSIP can act personally add their identity by using the "register/log" in link at the web site and completing the profile that will lead to NRCSIP listing. You can opt for either the basic or expanded listing (see next story) and you must allow NAPS headquarters three days to verify that you are an active certificant before your name and information will be posted there.
In late fall and early winter, NAPS is going to embark on a major initiative to call consumer and public attention to the importance of certification and how employers and candidates can use the NRCSIP to validate the certification credentials of the staffing professionals with whom they are working. Make certain your credential is posted as you don't want to miss out on this exciting form of professional identification, one that has unlimited potential for influencing your business activity.
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Basic and Expanded Registry Profiles: Which Option Suits You Best?
The NRCSIP offers two ways for you to be listed-one that will meet the needs of all NAPS certificants.
Option 1: A listing indicating name, certification(s) held and firm.
Jane Doe CPC, CTS -- Superior Employment Services
The basic listing is complimentary and a "value added" feature of the NAPS certification program.
Option 2: An expanded listing providing email, telephone and web site information.
Jane Doe CPC, CTS -- Superior Employment Services
jd@superior.com
Suite 444
1900 Heritage Avenue
Portland, ME 04667
207.555.1212
www.superiorstaffing.com
For the expanded listing, certificants pay $50 per year. If three (3) or more certificants from the same firm elect the extended listing, the cost will be $35 per individual per year.
You can submit this information electronically at www.nrcsip.com and use your credit card if you elect option 2. If you prefer, provide written information consistent with the above listings and send to: NAPS/NRCSIP, PO Box 2128, The Village at Banner Elk, Suite 108, Banner Elk, NC 28604. Again, if you elect option 2, make check payable to NAPS.
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Coming Next Month - Why I Certified: Testimonials of CPCs and CTSs
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Promotion of the Registry in Public and Professional Circles
NAPS intends to promote the National Registry of Certified Staffing Industry Professionals extensively and encourage both the public using employment services and employers considering permanent placement or temporary staffing firms to visit www.recruitinglife.com and validate the credentials of these individuals. A national "media blitz" will occur this fall and winter with news releases going to newspapers, television/radio stations, industry and human resource communiqués.
NAPS believes that promotion and use of the registry will result in improved public and business understanding of certification and lead more people to check the registry to examine the credentials of staffing industry representatives. That traffic will also provide business pathways directly to you, especially if you opt for the expanded listing.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for July
Each edition of The NAPS Credential will answer one or two questions being asked by CPCs and CTSs as they interface with leaders and the national office. Readers are encouraged to submit personal questions for consideration.
Question: I'm writing a proposal for a prospective client for our staffing firm? Is it appropriate for me to indicate those persons on the staff who hold NAPS certification and list the registry as a place to validate their credentials?
Answer: Absolutely! You have hit upon one of the greatest benefits of the NRCSIP. The firm that gets your proposal can go to the NRCSIP and get information on what CPC or CTS certification mean and see that you are officially recognized as having earned one or both of those credentials.
Question: I attended a state meeting of one of the NAPS affiliated groups. How do I count that continuing education experience toward my certification maintenance?
Answer: A number of years ago NAPS gave blanket approval to all state organization meetings and you can count any time spent in those learning or networking sessions toward your 50 contact hours (5.0 Continuing Education Units) required every three years. Just make an entry on to you continuing education log indicating the program, date and number of hours. A typical day long conference (9am to 4:30pm/6 or 7 hours) has a value of .6 or .7 CEUs. Don't have a log? Go to: http://recruitinglife.com//download.ceulog.pdf.
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Relevant Research - Women Business Owners Rising Significantly
Statistics recently released by the US Census Bureau indicate women owned 6.5 millions US businesses
in 2002, employing 7.1 millions persons and generating $940.8 billion in business revenues.
The numbers reflect a 20 percent increase since 1997. Go
to http://www.census.gov/csd/sbo/womensummaryoffindings.htm to read the full summary of findings.
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GECKO Hospitality Sponsors First Firm Certification Immersion Workshop
Twenty two new CPCs were added to the ranks of the NAPS certified professionals when GECKO Hospitality held a NAPS Certification Immersion Workshop for franchise owners in Chicago on August 11, 2006. Congratulations to owner Rob Krzak for promoting the CPC certificate as a GECKO standard and welcome to the new certificants.
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Message from the Editor -
Have a question about certification or continuing education? Let us know the issues and concerns that
are on your mind and they may become subjects or FAQ materials for future editions of The
NAPS Credential. NAPS would especially encourage you to submit information about CPCs and
CTSs who are making the news and performing outstanding professional feats. Our goal is to
provide news, research and resources that will help you do a more effective job. Direct any
thoughts or input to fburtnett@recruitinglife.com.
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Calendar - Events for Current and Future CPCs and CTSs
NAPS National Conference - Building Success Together is the theme of the 2006 national
conference to be held in San Francisco, October 11-14 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Go to: www.recruitinglife.com and take advantage of the "early bird" registration
discounts and join your colleagues in the city known for streetcars, Tony Bennett
and the Golden Gate Bridge.
NAPS Certification Immersion Workshops - Your colleagues or staff members who are seeking their
CPC or CTS credential may want to participate in a NAPS sponsored Certification Immersion
Workshop where Bob Style and Frank Burtnett will offer instruction in the employment laws
affecting the staffing industry. Upcoming workshops will be held in the following locations:
September 11, 2006 Columbus, OH
September 12, 2006 Chicago, IL
October 10, 2006 San Francisco, CA (NAPS preconference)
December 1, 2006 Cheshire, CT
Contact John Sacerdote at jsacerdote@recruitinglife.com for
registration information.
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Receipt of The NAPS Credential
This electronic newsletter is distributed monthly to all active Certified Personnel
Consultants (CPCs) and Certified Temporary Staffing-Specialist (CTSs) for whom NAPS has
email addresses. Should you know an individual who is certified and not receiving The NAPS
Credential, tell him or her to go to www.nrcsip.com and post their name and basic contact
information on the National Registry of Certified Staffing Industry Professionals
(NRCSIP). Once their credentials have been verified, that action will automatically
placed them on the monthly distribution list for this newsletter.
About The NAPS Credential
The NAPS Credential is published monthly by the National Association of Personnel Services
for the benefit of staffing professionals who have earned the CPC and CTS credential. The
reference to a product, service or activity or appearance of a web site in The NAPS
Credential does not imply endorsement by NAPS. Any views and opinions are those of sponsoring
organization and may or may not be shared by NAPS.
Direct comments, questions and submissions to fburtnett@recruitinglife.com.
All submissions
will be subject to review by ACA for accuracy, timeliness and relevance to the readership and
may be edited to meet space parameters.
Robert Larson, CPC, Chairman
larson@jobsbl.com
Dan Robitalle, CPC, Immediate Past Chairman
dan@xstaff.com
Conrad Taylor, CPC, CTS, President
Conrad.taylor@recruitinglife.com
John Sacerdote, CPC, CTS, Vice President
jsacerdote@recruitinglife.com
Frank Burtnett Ed.D, Editor
Certification and Education Consultant
fburtnett@recruitinglife.com
NAPS Web site: www.recruitinglife.com
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