Slow and steady

However you ultimately decide to prepare for the SPHR exam, realize that success will not come overnight.

“Don’t cram all at once. It doesn’t help,” says Carol L. Kardas, founding partner at the HR and business consulting firm KardasLarson. Before taking the exam herself, she notes that she focused on getting a good night’s sleep, eating a proper breakfast, and limiting studying that morning to reviewing a couple of things she wanted to remember.