A short, but potent accessible guide to demystifying the SHRM-CP® and SHRM-SCP® certification exams with expert tips for understanding, studying, practicing, and acing the tests. Covers everything you need to know about exam structure, best practices for studying, research-based tips to sharpen test-taking skills, proven strategies for managing test anxiety, and features scores of strategies from experts and tips from test-taker, detailed learning and study resources, practice questions and answer key for both exams, guides to terminology and acronyms, and much more! Completely updated to reflect SHRM's new Body of Applied Skills and Knowledge (BASK).