SPHR Exam Prep

What you will be able to do

• You will be able to position HR as a strategic partner and align people practice with business strategy, finance and governance.
• You will be able to read core financial statements and choose HR metrics such as ROI and cost-per-hire to justify decisions.
• You will be able to apply the legal framework for hiring, including Title VII, adverse impact and the four-fifths rule, the ADA and IRCA.
• You will be able to design and evaluate learning using ADDIE, adult learning theory, Kirkpatrick's four levels and the Phillips ROI level.
• You will be able to build defensible total rewards programmes and apply the FLSA, Equal Pay Act, ERISA, COBRA and the Lilly Ledbetter Act.
• You will be able to analyse US labor relations under the NLRA, Taft-Hartley and Landrum-Griffin, including protected concerted activity and bargaining.
• You will be able to manage engagement, workplace investigations, progressive discipline and separations, including WARN Act obligations.
• You will be able to answer SPHR scenario questions by selecting the BEST or MOST appropriate senior-level response.

What is inside

5 modules, 5 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz.

1. 01

   Leadership & strategy

   The largest area of the SPHR exam: how HR operates as a strategic partner, scans the environment, reads the numbers, and manages governance, risk and change at an organisational level.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

2. 02

   Talent planning & acquisition

   Workforce and succession planning, sourcing and employer brand, valid and reliable selection, and the US legal framework that governs hiring decisions.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

3. 03

   Learning & development

   Designing learning with ADDIE, applying adult learning theory, evaluating programmes with Kirkpatrick and Phillips, and managing performance, talent and organisational development.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

4. 04

   Total rewards

   Compensation strategy and job evaluation, pay structures and the wage-and-hour law, the benefits legal framework, and the design of incentives and non-financial rewards.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions

5. 05

   Employee relations & engagement

   The second-largest area: engagement and culture, US labor relations law, workplace investigations and discipline, and dispute resolution and separations.

   1 lessons · 5 quiz questions