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arly this year, Kelly Baureko, a recruitment manager in the New York City metropolitan area, took her first SHRM certification exam.D
espite spending nearly 20 years of her career in HR, Baureko had never before tried for an HR certification. But, recently beating colorectal cancer had her rethinking the opportunities she’d taken for granted, including professional developme
nt.“I came out, I finished treatment, and I just decided: It’s now or never. Let me just dive into everything that I did not initially do, or missed out on,” sh
e told HR Brew.Baureko passed the exam, earning the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) certification, and