This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

The aPHR exam gives you 65 scored questions in 1 hour 45 minutes, and a quarter of it is compliance with US employment laws you may never have read. Here are 134 tools to prepare: 98 ready-to-use templates, checklists, question lists and metric sets, 27 models and methods and 9 working files, including a full mock exam.

Open a lecture, take the exam trainer for that area, and see which questions you miss.

Why aPHR candidates struggle

Beginners learn HR terms but not how they apply, US law feels like a list of acronyms, and practice questions are done without time or a plan.

What changes after this course

You understand each HR area with examples, know which US laws apply and when, practise every area and see your readiness as a score.

A note on the structure

aPHR, PHR and SPHR are registered marks of HR Certification Institute (HRCI). This course is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by HRCI. You receive a Udemy Certificate of Completion, not an HRCI credential.

What is inside: 134 tools, counted lecture by lecture

You do not have to take this number on trust. Open any lecture and read its description: every tool inside is listed there by name.

• 17 downloadable resources: lecture presentations plus 9 working files, including a hiring kit, a US employment law map, a mock exam and a readiness scorecard
• 98 ready-to-use tools inside the presentations:
• 21 templates and sample documents: job description, total rewards statement, US employment law map, weighted exam readiness scorecard
• 21 checklists: interview bias prevention, final pay, employee handbook contents, OnVUE exam-day preparation
• 17 question lists and scripts: lawful interview questions, training needs analysis, stay interview questions, conflict resolution conversations
• 15 formulas and metric sets: recruiting metrics, pay range metrics, gross-to-net payroll calculation, overtime pay calculation
• 14 step-by-step procedures: candidate selection, FCRA background checks, Form I-9 completion and retention, two-pass exam pacing
• 7 scorecards, rubrics and matrices, plus 3 other working tools: merit matrix, health plan cost comparison, training versus non-training diagnosis, Roth catch-up eligibility
• 27 models and methods explained with examples: Lewin change model, SMART goals, behaviorally anchored rating scale, 360-degree feedback

Where the tools are

Talent acquisition (1 section, 16 tools). Recruitment, selection and onboarding.

Learning and development (1 section, 14 tools). Training design and evaluation.

Compensation and benefits (1 section, 17 tools). Pay, benefits and payroll basics.

Employee relations (1 section, 49 tools). Performance, discipline and investigations.

Compliance and risk (1 section, 26 tools). US employment law, OSHA and risk.

The mock exam (1 section, 12 tools). 65 questions and a readiness score.

Who is teaching

I am Mike, the #1 HR instructor on Udemy, with 1,800,000+ course enrollments from 170,000 students, and the author of about 200 books on Amazon. I built the people system at Preply as it became a unicorn and worked at Wargaming, iDeals and Alfa-Bank across 20 years in HR. I hold PHRi, SHRM-CP and HCI sHRBP certifications and represent HRCI in Eastern Europe.

When I made my first certification course, I wanted certification to be open to more people than those fluent in English. So I showed the material in English and ran the lessons in Russian. The same method now prepares people for HRCI, SHRM and CIPD exams with about 96% success. Understanding comes first, and the exam language follows.

How to use the course

Study each section with its exam trainer, then take the mock exam. Section and lecture titles show how many tools are inside, and each lecture description lists them by name.

What is included

• 8 lectures across 6 sections, 6.5 hours
• 17 downloadable resources: lecture presentations and 9 working files
• 134 tools across the lessons
• Lifetime access to all materials
• Active instructor support in the Q&A section
• A Udemy Certificate of Completion

Where to start

Write down the exam area that is newest for you, then open that section first. Enrol now and start your first lesson today.