Ace Your SHRM Certification Exam The OFFICIAL SHRM Study Guide for the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® Exams

A short, but potent accessible guide to demystifying the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® certification exams with expert tips for understanding, studying, practicing, and acing the tests. Covers everything you need to know about exam structure, best practices for studying, research-based tips to sharpen test-taking skills, proven strategies for managing test anxiety, and features scores of strategies from experts and tips from test-takers, detailed learning and study resources, practice questions and answer key for both exams, guides to terminology and acronyms, and much more! Completely updated to reflect SHRM's new Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge (BASK).

Alexander Alonso is Chief Knowledge Officer for the Society for Human Reseouce Management (SHRM). Nancy Woolever, SHRM-SCP, is SHRM Vice President for Certification Operations.

PART 1 About the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® Certification Exams Chapter 1 The Exams and What They Test . 5 Chapter 2 Exam Structure and Question Types . 13 Chapter 3 Exam Scoring 27 PART 2 Study for Success Chapter 4 Learning How You Learn Best 33 Chapter 5 Use Proven Study Strategies 41 Chapter 6 Where and When You Study Matters . 53 Chapter 7 Create a Smart Study Plan 57 PART 3 Sharpen Your Test-Taking Skills Chapter 8 Practice Makes Perfect! . 67 Chapter 9 Put On Your Thinking Cap: How to Reason through an Item . 73 Chapter 10 Anxiety and Procrastination . 87