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Headcount, number of locations, turnover before and after, time-to-fill: these are the numbers that tell a hiring manager what scale you have actually operated at. "Managed employee relations" could mean 30 employees or 3,000. "Led HR for a 320-employee company across three locations" does not leave that open.
Workday, ADP Workforce Now, Greenhouse, UKG: name the systems you have actually run, especially if the posting mentions one by name. A company that just migrated to Workday wants to know you have touched it, not that you are generally comfortable with HR technology.
PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP: list them together with the issuing body and year. If you are studying for one, say so with an expected date rather than leaving it off. HR resumes are one of the few places a hiring manager is specifically scanning for a credential, so make it easy to find.
You can and should describe the kind of employee relations work you have handled, investigations, FMLA and ADA accommodations, performance cases, but keep it at the level of volume and process ("25-30 open cases a year") rather than any detail that could identify a specific employee or situation. It reads as more professional, and it is the only responsible way to write it.
One page if you have under roughly seven years of experience. Two pages becomes reasonable once you are managing a team, leading HR strategy, or have enough distinct scope across departments or locations that cutting it would lose information a hiring manager needs.
Describe the type and volume of work, investigations, accommodation requests, performance cases, and how it turned out in aggregate, but never any detail that could identify a specific employee. "Managed 25-30 employee relations cases a year with no unresolved compliance findings" is the right level of detail; naming or describing an individual case is not.
Plenty of HR professionals work for years before certifying, and plenty of strong candidates are still studying. List it as in progress with an expected date if you are actively pursuing it. If you are not currently working toward one, lead with your actual scope and outcomes instead; the certification helps, but it is not the only thing on the page that matters.
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