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News KellyOCG is SHRM’s Top Global Partner KellyOCG awarded 2014 Top International Learning System Partner Employees KUALA LUMPUR | Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting Group (KellyOCG), which operates in Asia Pacific based in Malaysia, announced on 16 July 2015 that it has been named the 2014 Top International SHRM (The Society for Human Resource Management) Learning System Partner. This recognition aptly signifies the longterm partnership between KellyOCG and SHRM - the world’s largest HR professional association - that drives towards the common goal of lifting HR professionalism via globally recognised HR certification courses. Booster for HR Professionalism in Malaysia “This award recognition by SHRM shows that we are moving in the right direction in our efforts to reduce the gap between Malaysia and developed countries in professionally certified HR practitioners,” Devadoss said. KellyOCG’s Vice President for Asia Pacific, Anthony Raja Devadoss, shared that this prestigious SHRM award is based on the largest pool of HR professionals participation, outside of the US, in SHRM certification programmes organised by KellyOCG Malaysia. Within the private sector, KellyOCG aims to double the existing percentage of the estimated 30,000 HR practitioners in Malaysia to be certified with HR-specific international standards by end of 2016. KellyOCG is also currently in the midst of expansion into Jakarta and is scheduled to roll out the SHRM certification courses in the third quarter of this year. All SHRM HR Certification Programmes offered by KellyOCG are Human Resource Development Fund (HRDF) claimable subject to HRDF approval. Over the last seven years, KellyOCG has seen a total of 167 HR professionals in Malaysia taking SHRM certification programmes. In 2014, 86 HR professionals in Malaysia had attended the SHRM Certification Seminars of which 26 Malaysian HR Leaders were certified in May 2015. 3 Days Certification Preparation Workshops KellyOCG will be conducting a 3-day intensive certification preparation workshop, facilitated by a SHRM trainer from the US, for SHRM-CP on 29 September 2015 at a cost of RM9,600; while the SHRM-SCP, also facilitated by August 2015 15