Build your professional credibility through certification

Interested in increasing your earning potential, gaining a competitive advantage and building professional credibility, then Certification as a Communication Management Professional (CMP) or Strategic Communication Management Professional (SCMP) can help you.

At an online information session recently, Vice Chair of the Global Communication Certification Council, Sia Papageorgiou FRSA, SCMP discussed the benefits of certification and why you should consider it, as well as explaining the certification process. She also shared slides and resources to help you prepare for the exam.

IABC NSW is holding our first Global Communication Certification Council exam in Sydney on Saturday 14 November 2020 and you are encouraged to join us. Registration is via the GCCC website, which includes resources and helpful information for you to decide which certification suits your experience and prepare for the exam.

Great reasons to get certified

1. On average, people with a bachelor's degree and higher, combined with a certification, earn 18% more per week, when compared to people who hold a bachelor’s degree and higher but hold no certification.

2. 50% of all certified professionals are promoted within the first six months of getting a certification.

3. Certified professionals are almost two times as likely to received frequent pay rises than their non-certified peers.

4. Recruiters are three times more likely to shortlist an applicant’s profile if they have a professional certification to their name.

   Source: Career Data Labs

Useful links

• GCCC website

• Global Standard of the Communication Profession

• IABC Code of Ethics

• Certification handbook (pdf, 496KB)

• IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication (This handbook is being updated in 2020)

• IABC’s content centre

• CMP-related resources:

  • Job task analysis (pdf, 153KB)

  • Practice test (pdf, 136KB)

• SCMP-related resources:

  • Job task analysis (pdf, 26KB)

Please register for the exam via Eventbrite, so that we know which IABC NSW members and community are sitting the exam.

Your application needs to be finalised, complete and confirmed prior to sitting this exam. We will support you through the process and have a WhatsApp group which you can join.

The event is free to register but please note there are costs involved in your application.