Comprehensive questions for the SPHR and PHR Professional in Human Resources Certification exam. Updated for 2013, includes new exam changes. Includes instruction on all 6 sections:

Strategic Management: Formulation of HR objectives, practices and policies to meet the short/long-range organizational needs and opportunities, guide and lead change, evaluate HR's contributions to organizational effectiveness.

Workforce Planning and Employment: Ongoing evaluation of recruiting, hiring, orientation and organizational exit, to ensure that the workforce will meet the organization's goals and objectives.

Human Resource Development: Meeting current and future organizational and individual needs through developing, implementing, evaluating activities and programs, employee training, development, change, performance management and needs of employee groups.

Total Rewards: Evaluation of a total compensation and benefits system for all employee groups consistent with human resource management goals.

Employee and Labor Relations: Evaluation of the workplace relationship between employer and employee, maintaining effective relationships, working conditions that balance the employer's needs with the employees rights to support objectives.

Risk Management: Evaluation of programs, practices and services to promote the physical and mental well-being of individuals in the workplace and to protect individuals, workplace from unsafe acts, working conditions and
violence.

Study guide based only on official SHRM certification requirements.