Digital badges can be displayed on your social and professional networking sites, resume, website, and email signature. In today’s increasingly competitive market, your badge helps you immediately stand out as an elite professional committed to ongoing professional development.
FAQs
Which courses qualify for badges?
All certification programs, HR workshops, and our Human Capital Academy credential qualify for badges. Premium members also earn badges based on their years of membership.
What do the badges look like?
When will I receive my badge?
For certifications, you will receive a digital badge after you’ve completed a certification course and passed the exam. For HR workshop attendees, you will receive a badge after you have attended the workshop. For Academy certifications, you will receive your badge when you have completed all requirements. Premium members earn badges when their membership begins. An updated badge is issued for each subsequent year of membership.
You can also request a badge if you completed a certification or HR workshop with us March 2021 – March 2024 as long as the program is still part of our current offerings. Email support@hci.org for help receiving your badge.
How will I receive my badge?
Your badge will be emailed to you after you complete your course or when you become a new member. We are currently reaching out to anyone who has recently completed a qualified program with us to retroactively deliver badges.
I completed a certification/workshop prior to March 2021. Can I receive a badge?
Unfortunately, no. We are only rolling out badges to individuals who completed sessions with us in the past 3 years.
The certification or workshop that I attended is no longer offered. Can I receive a badge?
No. We are only able to issue badges for sessions that are part of our current catalog.
Will I also receive a certificate?
Yes! Badges will be delivered in addition to digital certificates.
Will the badges be offered through Credly or another digital credentialing provider?
Our badges are not currently issued through a digital credentialing provider. However, it is something we are looking into supporting in the future.
How do I share my badge?
We’re delighted you want to share your hard-earned achievement! See our sharing guide below or download it here.
I have additional questions/need help.
For help, please contact support@hci.org or reach us via chat.
Badge Sharing
General
You can share your badge on LinkedIn, Facebook, X, in an email signature, and embed it in a website.
Optimal badge size
Badges are best displayed at 400px x 400px in size.
Adding Badge to LinkedIn
- Go to your LinkedIn profile. If you don’t already have a section on your profile for “Licenses & certifications” you will need to click on “Add section” to add it.
- If you already have your certification listed under the license or certification section on your LinkedIn profile, click on “Add media” to attach your badge image to your certification.
- If you don’t already have your certification listed on your LinkedIn, click on “Add license or certification” and fill in the following:
- Under “Name,” write the name of your certification.
- Under “Issuing organization,” search for Human Capital Institute and select it.
- Under “Issue date,” write the date you completed your certification.
- Under “Expiration date,” write the date your certification expires.
- Under “Credential ID,” write the code from your certificate, if applicable.
- Mention any skills you gained from earning the certification.
- Save.
- Share your achievement!
I’m excited to announce that I’m HCI certified in Strategic Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (SDEI)! #HCICertified #SDEICertified
- *For certifications, you can replace SDEI with your certification abbreviation.
- *For Human Capital Academy, use #HCICertified #HCICredential
- *For workshops, you can adjust text to “...I’ve earned a badge from HCI by completing the workshop Design Thinking for HR!” #HCIWorkshop
Email Signature
While there’s no one right size or placement for your badge in an email signature, we recommend you save your badge at 150px x 150px. If you have many badges, you may choose to tile them below your signature. We don’t recommend a size smaller than 90px x 90px.
