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(More customer reviews)Just took the PHR exam yesterday and passed, due in LARGE part to this book.
I have approx 15 years of progressive HR experience, but as everyone says - dont rely on what YOUR company does...it may not be the right thing.
This book was extremely helpful in preparing me for the questions on the PHR exam. I used solely this book, but also took as many free practice tests I could find. I agree that a few quiz questions had 2 correct answers (whoops!), I found the same thing. I also agree that some concepts are vaguely mentioned (or quizzed upon) that havent yet been explained or introduced - but that's not a deal breaker. What would have made this book better is to include a grid of important law cases by the significant HR outcome as a result - which case brought about the concept of Disparate Impact, for example. They are mentioned throughout the book and in date order at the end, but by HR concept would be more useful.
As a tip to PHR candidates...take lots of practice tests (free is good), they WILL help, particularly those on the strategichrinc website - which I found to be most useful. I also purhased the 2 pratice exams on the HRCI website - and have so-so reviews on those. While they were helpful in showing me how questions on the test would be structured, they do not tell you which questions you got wrong or why the answer is what it is - doesnt help you learn at all. Also, about 5 questions were duplicated between tests - another disappointment, and of course if you got them wrong on one test, you didnt know it and probably got them wrong on the second one.
Back to this book...and my studying techniques...
I read each chapter, using my highlighter as I went along, then took the chapter quiz and the strategichrinc test (tip: print out the questions/answers and take it on paper or enter info on spreadsheet) for that chapter until I got through the entire book - then did it all over again, reading just the highlighted things.
For any practice test I took, if there was a concept not listed in this book (and there were only a small amount), I would google that concept and print it out and stick it in the book where it corresponded with the Bogardus material. I also printed out questions/answers for individual questions I didnt know and stuck those in the book too. I tagged pages/concepts in the book that I felt I really needed to focus on and went back through those again and again until I felt I had a better handle on them.
In all, I couldnt even tell you how many hours I studied...but it was a LOT. Pretty much 2 months worth of studying for hours every day with the exception of 2 weeks during the holidays/vacation. By the time the test came around, I was DONE studying and ready for it to be over. There's no way I could have done the recommended 3 months worth - that said, I probably did 3 months worth in 2 months! :)
For SPHR candidates: While this book was really great for the PHR exam, I'm not sure I would want to rely on this book alone for the SPHR which is more strategic in nature.
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