HR Education Network Expands On-Demand Recertification Library to More Than 70 Courses

PLANO, Texas, June 28, 2026, HR Education Network (HREN), an HRCI- and SHRM-approved provider of continuing education for HR professionals, announced today that its on-demand recertification course library has grown to more than 70 courses, giving subscribers one of the largest single-subscription libraries available for maintaining HR certification credentials.

The expanded catalog is available through HREN's HR Recertification Credit Subscription, which the company offers on both monthly and annual payment plans. Subscribers receive unlimited access to the full course library, with each course delivered in an on-demand video format that can be started, paused, and resumed at any time.

"This is an affordable, one-stop shop for the highest quality HR recertification courses," the company said in describing the subscription. "We know you don't want to have to take the certification exam again. Don't let recertification be another thing you have to worry about."

Meeting a Recurring Requirement Without Recurring Stress

HR professionals holding HRCI credentials, including aPHR, PHR, and SPHR, as well as SHRM-CP and SHRM-SCP credential holders, are required to earn continuing education credits on a recurring cycle to maintain their certification. For SHRM-certified professionals, that requirement is 60 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) every three years, with a portion required to come from ethics-focused programming. HRCI-certified professionals face a similar recurring credit requirement over their own three-year cycle.

HREN's subscription model is designed to simplify that process by consolidating credit-eligible content into a single, continuously accessible library rather than requiring professionals to research and purchase individual courses as their renewal deadline approaches. The company reports that all HREN courses in the subscription library carry HRCI recertification credits and HR recertification credits for both HRCI- and SHRM-certified professionals, along with credit eligibility for related HRCI credentials including PHRca, PHRi, and GPHR, giving subscribers a single source for both SHRM HRCI credits and standalone HRCI credits for recertification.

"You can get all the credit you need for both your HRCI and SHRM certificates right here," the company said, noting that courses range from one to three hours in length and span general, business, ethics, and global HR credit categories.

Addressing the Compliance Landscape Facing Modern HR Teams

The expansion comes as HR compliance requirements have grown more complex, driven by the rise of remote and hybrid work, expanding multi-state employment law obligations, and new regulatory attention on the use of artificial intelligence in hiring and employment decisions. HR professionals managing distributed teams increasingly need working knowledge that spans well beyond a single state's employment law or a single physical workplace, areas the company says its expanded catalog is designed to address directly.

Jessica Vieira, who addresses subscriber questions through the company's "Just Ask Jess" series, has described the subscription model as an intentionally flexible option for professionals juggling recertification alongside full-time HR responsibilities. According to the company, the subscription plan offers "an easy solution for HR professionals to obtain their SHRM and HRCI recertification credits all in one place," with monthly and annual pricing options built to accommodate different budgeting preferences.

Format and Accessibility

Unlike traditional continuing education formats that require professionals to register for and attend scheduled live sessions, HREN's expanded library is available entirely on-demand, allowing subscribers to complete coursework at any time and from any location. The company positions this as a direct response to how HR teams now operate, increasingly distributed across time zones and locations, with less ability to commit to fixed-schedule training.

Subscribers can access the full library through either a monthly plan or a discounted annual plan, with both structured to provide unlimited access to every course in the catalog for the duration of the subscription. The company continues to add new titles to the library on a rolling basis, with topics informed by emerging HR compliance trends, technology developments, and changes to employment law across jurisdictions.

How Credit Categories Break Down

HRCI- and SHRM-certified professionals must typically distribute their continuing education credits across several categories rather than earning them all from a single type of content. General HR credits, business credits, ethics credits, and global HR credits each carry separate requirements or caps depending on the certifying body and credential level, which is part of why professionals researching hr continuing education credits often find the process more complicated than it initially appears.

HREN structures its subscription library around those same categories, giving subscribers visibility into which courses satisfy which credit type before they begin. This is particularly relevant for the ethics requirement, which both HRCI and SHRM require in some form but which professionals often report is the hardest category to find sufficient content for through ad hoc course purchases. By maintaining a dedicated ethics track within the broader library, HREN aims to remove one of the more common points of friction in the recertification process.

The subscription also addresses a practical issue for professionals holding more than one credential simultaneously. An HR professional who holds both a SHRM-CP and a PHR, for example, needs to track two separate three-year recertification cycles with two separate credit requirements, a bookkeeping challenge in its own right, independent of the coursework itself. HREN reports that the large majority of its subscription courses are dual-accredited, meaning a single completed course can apply toward both a SHRM recertification cycle and an HRCI recertification cycle simultaneously, reducing the total volume of coursework a dual-certified professional needs to complete.

Broader Continuing Education Offerings

Beyond the subscription library, HREN offers additional continuing-education programming, including live and webcast-replay courses available multiple times per month, along with specialized programming such as active shooter and workplace violence training for businesses and a portfolio of micro-credential offerings. The company has positioned its broader continuing education catalog as complementary to the subscription library, giving HR professionals multiple formats to choose from depending on their preferred learning style and credit needs.

For HR professionals who are not yet certified and are instead evaluating which credential to pursue, HREN also directs prospective candidates to its certification test preparation programs, which the company says carry a 95% pass rate backed by a "you pass, or we pay" retake guarantee.

Why the Milestone Matters

Reaching more than 70 courses represents a meaningful expansion for a subscription model built around consolidating recertification into a single access point. For HR professionals managing their own continuing education alongside full-time responsibilities, the company says the expanded breadth of topics reduces the likelihood of running out of relevant, credit-eligible content mid-cycle, a common frustration among professionals relying on smaller, narrower course libraries.

"Policy and technology are constantly updated," the company said. "Continued education and recertification can help ensure you don't fall behind and provide the best possible service to your colleagues and business."

Looking Ahead

HREN says it plans to continue expanding the subscription library on a rolling basis, with new titles informed by developments in employment law, workplace technology, and the broader compliance landscape HR professionals are expected to navigate. The company has indicated that upcoming additions are likely to include expanded coverage of AI-related HR compliance topics and multi-state employment law, reflecting two of the fastest-growing areas of continuing education demand among its subscriber base.

The expansion also reflects a broader industry trend: as HRCI and SHRM have both continued to emphasize the importance of staying current on emerging HR practice areas, providers of continuing education have faced growing pressure to keep their libraries current rather than static. HREN positions its subscription model, with unlimited access and rolling content updates, as structurally better suited to that pace of change than a fixed, one-time course purchase.

Subscription Details

The HR Recertification Credit Subscription is available now on both monthly and annual billing options. Full course listings, pricing details, and enrollment information are available through HREN's website.

For organizations evaluating whether to sponsor recertification subscriptions for their HR staff, HREN notes that the subscription model can also simplify budgeting and administration compared to reimbursing individual course purchases throughout the year, since a single subscription cost covers unlimited access rather than a variable, per-course expense that fluctuates based on how many credits an employee still needs to earn.

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About HR Education Network

HR Education Network (HREN) is an HRCI- and SHRM-approved provider of HR certification test preparation and continuing education. The company offers online and instructor-led programs for HR professionals pursuing or maintaining the aPHR, PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, and SHRM-SCP credentials, along with additional recertification-eligible programming including active shooter and workplace violence training and micro-credential offerings.

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