SPHR Exam Prep: Senior Professional in Human Resources (2nd Edition) Review

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SPHR Exam Prep: Senior Professional in Human Resources (2nd Edition) ReviewHaving passed my SPHR exam after using Dr. Phillips' SPHR Exam Prep Guide as one of my study materials, I wish I could give it a more enthusiastic endorsement. There were some things I REALLY liked about it-- the fact that it was geared specifically for the SPHR, for one thing, and the author's "Exam Alerts" of items that were likely to appear on the exam. However, I also found these were not truly reflective of the test questions-- for instance, there was one topic that merited no more than a paragraph in this book, yet there were 10-15 questions on my exam about that issue. This happened several times-- I focused my study efforts on Dr. Phillips' Exam Alert recommendations and found that, in fact, less than half of the time were they truly reflective of questions on the actual exam. For instance, this guide put a major emphasis on statistical research methods, which were, in fact, a very minor part of the exam.
The guide had some other shortcomings-- for example, in the exercises at the back of each chapter, many of the answers were just plain wrong, for instance, there was a glaring mistake in his calculation of a cost benefit analysis question. It seemed as though he had updated questions from those of a previous edition, but then not updated the answers. This made me wary of trusting some of the other information in the book.
The Practice Exam on the accompanying CD was less than overwhelming and, again, a few times had incorrect answers. The exact same questions were presented each time in the exact same order, making it very easy to avoid actually learning the answers.
The other problem I had with the practice questions is that they were not truly reflective of the types of questions that were on the actual exam. The practice questions given by Dr. Phillips were pretty much definitional in nature, and did not require a higher level of knowledge to answer. As the questions on the exam itself were largely situational, I felt very unprepared when I sat down to take my test, despite studying for almost 5 months.
If I had relied solely on this guide for preparation for the exam, I am not sure I would have passed. As one of the three different study materials I used for the exam, this book was a useful supplement. If you can only afford one set of study materials, however, this book is not it.
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