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PHR Exam Prep: Strategic HR Management: Feb 3, 2006; Functioning effectively requires a number of areas of knowledge and expertise, all of which could be grouped into three critical categories: knowing our business (organization), knowing our profession (craft), and knowing our customers. This chapter addresses some of the specific areas of knowledge with which HR professionals need to become fluent.

PHR Exam Prep: Workforce Planning and Employment: Oct 7, 2015; Responsibilities relating to workforce planning and employment provide HR professionals with the opportunity to have a lasting impact on the organization. Whether this impact is positive, however, depends in large part on the way in which HR professionals execute these responsibilities. This chapter from PHR Exam Prep: Professional in Human Resources, 3rd Edition covers how an HR professional can successfully execute workforce planning and employment.

PMP (PMBOK4) Quick Reference: Your "Pass the Exam" Project: Jun 18, 2012; Claudia Baca walks you through the steps of how you might proceed to build your study project to help you pass the Project Management Professional (PMBOK4) examination.

PMP Exam Cram: Examine Project Planning: Nov 24, 2014; This chapter from PMP Exam Cram: Project Management Professional, 5th Edition covers the general concepts of planning and the processes that relate to the development of project baselines.

PMP Exam Cram: Project Initiation: Jan 16, 2004; David Francis and Greg Horine deliver the "gotta-know" concepts and terms that are important to PMI, and the "common" gaps you may need to close to be ready for the exam questions related to project initiation.

Police Officer Exam Cram: Applying Geographical Orientation to the Police Exam: Nov 24, 2009; This chapter explains the concepts of street grids and address placement and their importance to developing direct routes to locations.

Practice for the NCLEX-PN: Practice Exam 3 and Rationales: Aug 12, 2005; This chapter provides a sample NCLEX-PN exam with detailed explanations for each of the answers to help you practice.

Practice for the NCLEX-RN: Practice Exam 3 and Rationales: Aug 12, 2005; This chapter provides a sample NCLEX-RN exam with detailed explanations for each of the answers to help you practice.

PRAXIS I Exam Cram: Reading: Nov 19, 2009; This chapter will help you prepare for the PRAXIS I Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) in reading.

Project Management Certification Roundup: Oct 29, 2010; Emmett Dulaney provides an overview of today’s top project management (PM) certifications.

Project Planning for the PMP Exam — Core Processes: Nov 24, 2004; This chapter provides sample questiosn from the PMP Exam with a focus on the topic of Project Planning for core processes.

Property and Casualty Insurance License Exam Cram: Insurance Company Organization and Regulation: Feb 18, 2005; With an eye towards passing the Property and Casualty Insurance License Exam, this chapter discusses the major types of insurance organizations, and provides sample questions to help you practice.

Protecting Yourself and Your Patient - Infection Precautions: Sep 15, 2011; Diann Sloan offers a review of the standard precautions health care workers should take to avoid infections.

Ranking Certifications (2014 Edition): May 12, 2014; Employers look for and seek out certified IT professionals, but generally prefer candidates who possess both college degrees and specific certification credentials. Aspiring or active IT professionals can benefit from an informed evaluation of certifications in terms of the time commitment, cost, and other factors involved in earning such a credential vis-a-vis the ultimate financial or career advancement that such an investment can return. In this article, Ed Tittel looks at one method for rating and ranking IT certifications.

Ranking Certifications, Part 1: One Method for Rating Certifications (2013 Edition): Feb 15, 2013; Aspiring or active IT professionals can benefit from an informed evaluation of certifications in terms of the time commitment, cost, and other factors involved in earning such a credential. This article looks at one method for rating and ranking IT certifications

Review Questions for the Series 7 Securities Licensing Exam: The Secondary Market: Feb 25, 2005; This chapter includes sample questions from the Series 7 Securities Licensing Exam, with detailed answers to help you study.

Sample PRAXIS I Writing Exam Questions: May 12, 2005; This chapter offers a handy guide to basic English grammar, with an eye toward passing the PRAXIS I exam. Included are sample questions and answers with detailed explanations to help you practice for the exam.

Senior Professional in Human Resources Exam Prep: Workforce Planning and Employment: Feb 24, 2006; This chapter helps you prepare for the SPHR examination by covering concepts and strategies associated with workforce planning and employment. Sample questions are included to help you practice.

SPHR Exam Prep: Workforce Planning and Employment: Feb 19, 2016; An organization’s overall success will be determined to a significant degree by its ability to have the right people, with the right skills, in the right places, at the right times. Although this statement sounds somewhat straightforward, let’s take a closer look at what it actually means.