CodeSignal and The Josh Bersin Company Make HR Certification About Proof, Not Completion

Global HR Excellence Certification participants earn the credential through CodeSignal's scenario-based assessments, proving they can handle the complex HR and business decisions organizations face

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CodeSignal, the leading agentic skills intelligence platform, now powers the assessments HR leaders must pass to earn The Josh Bersin Company's Global HR Excellence Certification (GHRE), where they prove they can apply what they've learned to real business decisions. The scenario-based assessments, designed and delivered by CodeSignal, ask participants to diagnose business problems, recommend a course of action, and explain their reasoning.

"Too many professional certifications measure completion, not capability," said Josh Bersin, global industry analyst and CEO of The Josh Bersin Company. "HR leaders are facing decisions their predecessors never had to make, from redesigning work around AI to deciding who to reskill and how. The best way to build confidence for those moments is to practice them, and the best way to prove you're ready is to be evaluated on them. That's why no one earns the GHRE certification without demonstrating how they'd handle those decisions, and why we partnered with CodeSignal to build the assessments."

The 12-week program, offered by The Josh Bersin Company in partnership with USC Marshall Executive Education, builds expertise across 10 HR domains and culminates in a timed, proctored assessment structured around four business scenarios: HR strategy, responsible use of data and AI, work redesign, and talent quality. In one scenario, participants step into the role of a senior HR leader at a multinational organization facing disruption, such as a merger or a new technology rollout, then defend their plan to an AI role-play counterpart who pushes back.

CodeSignal's assessment evaluates participants in three ways:

• Knowledge and application: Knowledge checks confirm command of core concepts, while scenario responses and chat-based simulations, including Slack-style exchanges and AI role-plays, show how participants put those concepts to work.
• Rubric-based evaluation: Responses are scored against a detailed rubric that assesses how participants weigh risks, make tradeoffs, and defend their decisions under pressure.
• Assessment integrity: CodeSignal's secure, identity-safe assessment capabilities can help protect the integrity of the process and support confidence that each certification reflects the participant's own work.

"Simulation-based assessment shows what people can actually do, in any role," said Tigran Sloyan, CEO and Co-Founder of CodeSignal. "A certification is only as meaningful as the proof behind it. Participants earn this one by showing how they handle the decisions in front of them, under pressure, with their reasoning held to a clear standard."

For more information about the Global HR Excellence Certification, visit https://getgalileo.ai/institute/certification

About CodeSignal

CodeSignal helps companies build the skills to succeed now, and adapt as the future of work changes. It's the agentic skills intelligence platform, built on a simple belief: the biggest decisions about people should rely on proof, not proxies. For years, talent has been judged by resumes, titles, self-ratings, and inferred data, sources that only hint at what someone can really do. CodeSignal measures real skills through rigorous simulation-based assessments and in-depth evaluation of people's actual work.

CodeSignal spans the full talent journey, from hiring assessments and AI interviews to hands-on skills development and workforce planning. With skills intelligence that measures work as it happens, leaders see where their teams stand, what to coach next, and where to plan ahead. It's why companies like Capital One, Meta, and Dropbox, along with millions of people building their own skills, have made CodeSignal the standard for measuring what's real.

To learn more, visit www.codesignal.com or connect with CodeSignal on LinkedIn.

SOURCE CodeSignal