PHR Exam Preparation
Prepare with confidence for the HRCI Professional in Human Resources (PHR) exam.
About this course
Prepare with confidence for the HRCI Professional in Human Resources (PHR) exam. Over seven days we work through every content area, from business management and talent acquisition to total rewards, learning and employee relations, linking each topic to the scenario questions you will meet on exam day.
You practise with timed questions, review your answers with the trainer and leave with a clear study plan for the final weeks. The course fee covers training and materials; the exam fee is separate and paid to the exam provider.
What you'll learn
- Explain the structure, question style and content areas of the HRCI PHR exam
- Apply core employee and labour relations principles, including investigations, discipline and workplace policies
- Describe how HR operations support business goals, risk management and organisational structure
- Plan recruitment, selection and onboarding activities that meet legal and organisational requirements
- Outline the components of total rewards, including pay structures, benefits and job evaluation
- Support learning and development activities from needs analysis to evaluation
- Use practice questions and a personal study plan to prepare for exam day
Curriculum
- What the PHR covers and who it is designed for
- Eligibility routes as published by HRCI
- Exam format, question types and time management
- Building a personal study plan
- HR's role in supporting organisational goals
- Organisational structure and change
- Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct
- Using HR data and metrics to inform decisions
- Risk management and corporate responsibility
- Workforce planning and job analysis
- Sourcing and recruitment methods
- Selection tools, interviewing and assessment
- Offers, onboarding and new hire integration
- Legal considerations in hiring
- Identifying training needs
- Adult learning principles and delivery methods
- Career development and succession support
- Evaluating training effectiveness
- Compensation philosophy and pay structures
- Job evaluation and market pricing
- Benefits programmes and administration
- Payroll concepts and recordkeeping
- Recognition and non-monetary rewards
- Employee engagement and retention
- Workplace policies, handbooks and communication
- Performance management processes
- Diversity, equity and inclusion in practice
- Workplace investigations and documentation
- Progressive discipline and termination
- Labour relations and collective bargaining concepts
- Health, safety and security responsibilities
- Exit processes and employee separation
- Why the PHR is based on US employment law
- Key law families: equal opportunity, wage and hour, leave and safety
- Reading scenario questions through a compliance lens
- Common traps and how to avoid them
- Domain-by-domain practice questions
- Reviewing answers and closing knowledge gaps
- Full-length timed practice
- Exam-day strategy and booking with the exam provider
Who it's for
HR practitioners with operational experience who plan to sit the PHR exam.
Before you start
- Working experience in an HR role, in line with the eligibility requirements published by HRCI
- Good reading comprehension in English, as the exam is delivered in English
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