Reddit mentions: The best human resources books

Interesting and not entirely surprising. "Human factors" are the messy part of these kind of enterprises. I saw the Mirimar outfit and another outfit called Fab Lab which also seems mostly targeted to kids/young adults. It appears to be a Massey initiative and the website doesn't seem to have had a lot of activity since 2016.

So in terms of funding, services for kids seem to be adequate (an easy sell). I wonder if there's another angle into this than encouraging STEM uptake or fostering commercial innovation? The Menzshed model is an interesting one to investigate. From what I see, they're strapped for cash and resources (possibly a factor of retirees generally having more options and a dying interest in shop work) but their tie-in to community projects is a good strategy.

I'm thinking a good angle into this is personal growth. Adopt and reflect the "Shop Class as Soulcraft" philosophy (a great book if you haven't read it). A kind of Outward Bound for knowledge workers to reconnect thinking with doing. Taking that angle, it might be possible to muster up corporate sponsorship from companies that want to be seen to value innovative, creative and resilient work forces? Possibly even health-related project funding to cater to folks who are burnt-out or looking for an outlet for tangible creativity?

Appreciate the interest. I've cued up a drink with someone in the thread for 6pm tomorrow. Seems sensible to widen the invite out to all who have expressed interest so will confirm they're OK with that and if so post meeting details to original post.

It's literally the seminal work of anti-capitalist thought in modern history , there is not a socialist or communist or syndicalist or whatever-leftist writer or leader alive who hasn't based their arguments partly or entirely on Marx's critique of Capitalism as laid out in 'Capital'. You started this thread to try to get a better understanding of what socialists believe, well here's the socialist bible. If you give even an ounce of a damn about reading up on socialist ideology in any book, it would be this book.

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Now that said, it is super duper long, dry, and translated from german, so it's a bit of difficult read for a lot of people, which is why many over the years have taken it upon themselves to write lighter, more rudimentary summaries. Here's one: ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JGE4DDQ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 )

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I've heard there are also some good summaries on youtube, but can't think of any to recommend at the moment.

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> Forgive me if I’m wrong that it seems like this specific author interpreted capitalism in such a way that it would be nearly impossible to actually defend it.

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Capitalism as a word was created by French socialists and left anarchists in the 1850's like Blanc and Proudhon to define what they didn't like about the economic system of their time. Proudhon defined it as:

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>"Economic and social regime in which capital, the source of income, does not generally belong to those who make it work through their labour",

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i.e rule of society by and for the benefit of capitalists; 'capitalist' here referring in its original meaning to essentially mean people who make most or all of their money by sole virtue of already having lots of money. Socialism, then, was and is used by Socialists to describe any active measure to take control of the resources away from those kinds of people and give them to the people who actually use them to produce value. There's a million different ways one could imagine doing this, which is why there's a million different kinds of socialism, and why socialists tend to argue a lot, to answer the question in your OP.

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It was within this tradition, and with this definition of Capitalism in mind, that Marx was writing. Marx didn't selectively cater his definition of capitalism to suit his purposes, the term was later co-opted out from under him.

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People haven't used the word "Capitalism" in terms of a positive ideology for all that long at all the in the grand scheme of things, I think but can't source at the moment that it emerged in the early-to-mid 20th century, first with the likes of Keynes and then with the Austrian School with the likes of Hayek and Rothbard, and then modern 'libertarian' free market types like Milton Friedman. The Cold War was probably a big impetus; giving western non-socialist democracies their own "-ism" to describe what made those places better than places with Totalitarian Soviet-style Communism.

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The ideology that people who self-identify with "capitalism" nowadays describes what in Marx's time was called 'Liberalism'; the idea that the best outcome for everyone is when the people control the government and when that government doesn't have too much power; specifically as pertaining to the economy, which of course had its start in the age of enlightenment with the likes of Adam Smith. Before Marx, Liberals were primarily locked in an ideological battle with Monarchists (the original left vs right issue). As Monarchism faded away, Liberalism itself evolved over time, in the late 19th century splitting into 'Neoclassical' Liberals, (who maintained their lesseiz-faire economic attitudes and evolved into what in the US make up Libertarian and Republican economic positions), and 'Progressives' who wanted to use the democratic government to improve the conditions of the poor somewhat but without fundamentally changing the system that makes them poor, the contingent that more or less evolved into the modern Democrats.

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What makes the debate between 'socialism' and 'capitalism' so interesting and so frustrating is that marxists have more or less been using the same vocabulary since the 1850's, while common usage of those words has drifted past them over time in places like the US. This is why you hear socialists refer to both Obama and Romney as 'liberals', or why they tell libertarians 'you're not a capitalist, you don't even own your own car'.

We thoroughly discount women's labor in the world. This is one of the big complaints that feminists make.

> We are asked to watch, entertain, or help take care of younger siblings, cousins, and other children more than men because people automatically assume we must love kids and be naturally nurturing.

https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/08/women-femmes-emotional-labor/

There is a book called Second Shift which makes the point that many women work during the day, then come home to work again at home: their second shift. This is the issue behind a number of complaints that many wives have about their husbands: that she does more than her share of work.

> In the second wave movement, theorists can be grouped by their theory of how housework oppresses women. Typically, liberal feminists critique housework because it is unpaid. This makes women dependent on men and devalued, since their work is outside the meaningful sphere of public economic production

> One of the philosophical problems raised by the housework debate is how to draw the line between work and play or leisure activity when the activity is not paid: is a mother playing with her baby working or engaged in play? If the former, then her hours in such activity may be compared with those of her husband or partner to see if there is an exploitation relation present, for example, if his total hours of productive and reproductive work for the family are less than hers (cf. Delphy 1984). But to the extent that childrearing counts as leisure activity, as play, as activity held to be intrinsically valuable (Ferguson 2004), no exploitation is involved. Perhaps childrearing and other caring activity is both work and play, but only that portion which is necessary for the psychological growth of the child and the worker(s) counts as work. If so, who determines when that line is crossed? Since non-market activity does not have a clear criterion to distinguish work from non-work, nor necessary from non-necessary social labor, an arbitrary element seems to creep in that makes standards of fairness difficult to apply to gendered household bargains between men and women dividing up waged and non-waged work. (Barrett 1980).

> One solution to this problem is simply to take all household activity that could also be done by waged labor (nannies, domestic servants, gardeners, chauffeurs, etc.) as work and to figure its comparable worth by the waged labor necessary to replace it (Folbre 1982, 1983). Another is to reject altogether the attempts to base women’s oppression on social relations of work, on the grounds that such theories are overly generalizing and ignore the discrete meanings that kinship activities have for women in different contexts (Nicholson 1991; Fraser and Nicholson 1991; Marchand 1995). Or, one can argue that although the line between work and leisure changes historically, those doing the activity should have the decisive say as to whether their activity counts as work, i.e., labor necessary to promote human welfare. The existence of second wave women’s movements critiques of the “second shift” of unpaid household activity indicates that a growing number of women see most of it as work, not play (cf. Hochchild 1989). Finally, one can argue that since the human care involved in taking care of children and elders creates a public good, it should clearly be characterized as work, and those who are caretakers, primarily women, should be fairly compensated for it by society or the state (Ferguson and Folbre 2000: Folbre 2000, Ferguson 2004).

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-class/

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/trickle-down-feminism
https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a12063822/emotional-labor-gender-equality/
https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/03/what-international-womens-day-teaches-us-about-the-divisions-between-feminists.html

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> Liuba Grechen Shirley is the first female candidate to get federal permission to use the funds for babysitting.

> Grechen Shirley needs child care on a more ongoing basis — she currently pays her children’s babysitter $22 an hour for about 20 hours of care per week, according to Georgantopoulos. But the same principle holds true as in the male candidate’s case, Hunter writes: “The Commission concludes that the childcare expenses described in your request, to the extent such expenses are incurred as a direct result of campaign activity, would not exist irrespective of your election campaign, and thus may be permissibly paid with campaign funds.”

> Meanwhile, Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) just became the first senator to give birth while in office. She also championed a rule change to allow babies on the Senate floor so that she and future parents in the Senate don’t have to miss votes while on parental leave. “If I have to vote and I’m breastfeeding my child, what do I do, leave her sitting outside?” Duckworth asked in April, before the rule change.

> She no longer has to make that choice, and Grechen Shirley no longer has to choose between caring for her kids and running for Congress. Grechen Shirley hopes Thursday’s decision will be an inspiration for other female candidates.

https://www.vox.com/2018/5/11/17340698/mom-mothers-congress-child-care-liuba-grechen-shirley-campaign-funds-babysitting

Welcome il_mostro! I'm deffinitely going to have to pick up The Happiness Advantage as that's right up my alley! I really enjoy self betterment and increasing my understanding of how my mind works. Assuming you're similar could I recommend Why We Make Mistakes. It's a very well sourced and well written look at why we do certain things. It's a great read. Also I added both books to my list.....if I'm one of those fortunate enough to be blessed with your good graces!

As tough as the pressure is, it sounds like a great environment to cut your teeth. What I've learned working directly in sales and marketing departments is to balance detail with speed, protect my calendar rigorously, and how to keep the team updated on progress so they don't get itchy and prematurely ask for results.

Show Your Work by Jane Bozarth helped me to stay well ahead of what people asked for.

Still... because this group has lower expectations about quality than you do, it doesn't sound like the environment where you might achieve the types of things you want to achieve in your career.

Being immersed with sales & marketing is great, but it sounds like you should seek something out where you get to work in a team with other data scientists.

Hopefully, you can get the best of both worlds: face to face communication with your "customers" and a team that can support the great things you want to accomplish.

I'm interested in doing this too (getting an undergrad degree in game design right now). I feel like it has a lot of potential when implemented well. I don't believe the Extra Credits video does a super good job of explaining the concept, because it focuses too heavily on reward systems (more on that in my comment to u/notjawn), which should not be the core of a gamification experience.

Have you heard about ClassRealm? From what I've seen/read, its creator has had a lot of success with it. However, don't be fooled - it might seem easy, but gamification can be very difficult to implement correctly.

I've read some good books on the subject that I highly recommend: The Gamification of Learning and Instruction and The Multiplayer Classroom.

Additionally, I don't know where you are in your schooling right now, but NYU has a great graduate program in this vein.

EDIT: For anyone looking for an overview of true gamification, here's a quick and simple slideset. It is much more than just giving out points.

There is a great book for you to read as the leader The mutual aid approach to working with groups. It is mainly for a therapist, but has great methods for helping g the members see it as their group, how to handle conflict, setting group rules etc.

Is it mandatory that they attend? If so, it requires a different approach.

Flyer will need to include who, what, where, when etc. Have a group purpose defined and publicized. Answer the question for them, "why should I attend this? What is in it for me?"

Get buy-in. Make it their group. They may not want to read the things you pick, so preplan have different categories. Do they want fun & relaxing to take their minds away from their problems? Stories of hardship overcome? Stories about single moms or aliens travelling in space?

If it is at all possible, provide drinks & snacks. Research shows this increases attendance significantly.

Is the application for the students or the residents?

The good news is you don't have to worry about bus routes, building opening hours, etc.


http://www.amazon.com/The-Mutual-Aid-Approach-Working-Groups/dp/0789014629/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395770918&sr=8-1&keywords=mutual+aid+groups+approach

It is a short book but extremely worth the read.

As for book sources, visit some used book stores/thrift shops and see if they will donate copies of titles once they are selected. Most of the used book stores I frequent have donation programs for prisons or schools or troops overseas.

You are doing a wonderful thing here.

I transitioned while working a warehouse job in a smallish midwestern town. I'm happy to say I had zero problems at work, other than a few missed pronouns followed by profuse appologies afterward. After all the fretting I did in the weeks and months prior, it was kind of anticlimactic, really. Haha.

I waited until I'd started T and was starting to get "Do you have a cold?" from my co-workers, thanks to voice changes. Then I went to our HR representitive with a copy of Jillian T Weiss's Transgender Workplace Diversity and we used that as a template for handling the coming out process, while making a few changes here and there as we both felt was appropriate. The thing I like about that particular book is that the author writes from the perspective of "how supporting your employee's transition benefits your business". It keeps things professional and straight-forward.

We told management first, and I was lucky enough to have one of the managers who was particularly liked and respected volunteer to make the general announcement. Then the supervisors were told, and it was made clear that they were expected to have my back. Then there were announcements made at each of the two main shifts. The HR rep hung about the warehouse for a couple hours and made herself available for any questions or concerns people had. By far the most common question was, "Can we call you Gned, or do you prefer GnedTheGnome?"

Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.

I have a couple of books to recommend: Crossing the Tracks for Love: What to Do When You and Your Partner Grew Up in Different Worlds, Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life. Also maybe Lillian Rubin's Families on the Fault Line and Worlds Of Pain.

Sociology won't fix your problems, but it definitely helps if you can understand where each of you are coming from. I would recommend you both read those and maybe some other similar books. Not everybody is a huge Ruby Payne fan, but she does a good job at just bluntly discussing why people raised in lower-class environments behave the way they do which is a really helpful thing to understand when you are trying to forge a meaningful relationship with somebody whose family are drunks and your parents were accountants.

If you're super interested in Depression era primary sourcing, "The Great Depression" by Dave Shannon is a great fast read. It's all articles pulled from various sources at the time of the depression. It doesn't go into anti-depression articles all that much, but it's a wonderful peek into the time. Some of the articles have a preface to explain the context which is awesome.

If you want to get into how much denial Hoover and staff at the NYT had, "American-Made "is a great resource in its early chapters.

> Learners don't have a preferred style. The theory was co-opted and now everyone has identified as a visual learner.

Many learners have preferred style. However, there are two problems:

1. Learners are ill-equipped to evaluate how they learn best. They may think they learn best in a certain style (and thereby prefer it), but in actuality, they don't.
   
2. Research has demonstrated that people learn best when material is presented in multiple modes so that you learn by seeing, hearing, and doing, not just one of the above. Clark and Mayer have an excellent book that summaries the literature on how to construct effective multimedia lessons (with emphasis on multi).

I'm an attorney. I often just wish I had gone with a craft instead of what is essentially an office job in a dysfunctional profession. I've had success as an attorney and am not bitter. I just admire those who create and fix things, particularly those in trade crafts.

I can't speak to what is best for your personal situation and skills. But I went to college decades ago when tuition was cheap and student loan debts were not five- and six-figure amounts. Even with that, I would still like to go back and tell my 17-year old self to pursue a career in a trade.

I recommend the book Shop Class as Soulcraft for some good thoughts on the subject.

I took the exam last spring and used three different books.

PHR/SPHR for Dummies - I did not use this as much as I used the books listed below.

PHR/SPHR Exam Study Guide 2016 - This was more of a summary of the areas covered. I got some good information out of it and it was a quick read.

PHR/SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Deluxe Study Guide - This was the most thorough of the books I purchased and I'm confident I can use it for PHR exam too, without having to worry about buying additional study materials.

I don't remember too much about the exam, but I wish you the best of luck!

*Note: I made flashcards off of information from the books and used those to study, once I finished reading the books.

First, congratulations!

It's different work and while it's still technical it's now about people but it can be learned. Find a mentor who is not your boss. Seriously. It's good to have one or more advocates in the organization because there are limits to what "push" vs "pull" can achieve but it's their advice that you need to reduce your mistakes and effectively review them afterward.

I'll add to the book recommendations already here (The Phoenix Project, Team of Teams, Leaders Eat Last) and suggest:

• Peopleware by DeMarco, et. al.
  
• Drive, by Pink
  
• Influence, by Cialdini
  
• Seeing the Big Picture, by Cope
  
• Getting to Yes, by Fisher
  
• Behind Closed Doors, by Rothman & Derby (efficiently summarizes a dozen other books).
  
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things, by Horowitz. (your boss probably read this, get insight into their thinking)
  
  Good luck!

Congrats! I passed the test myself this month and had a similar experience. The testing center I visited was pretty small, and I had to laugh about the biometric palm reader. I scanned both hands at one desk, walked about five steps to another desk and had to scan both hands again - I guess to confirm that an imposter hadn't somehow taken my place in those 10 feet.

I had a similar study plan - I exhausted Pocket Prep (paid version) and used these two books. The Dummies book comes with online tests, which I used extensively - great value for the money I think. I did spend $85 for one set of the HRCI questions and sort of regret it. They didn't really teach me too much I hadn't learned by that point. Maybe they just gave me a measure of confidence about the format.

The only other practical advice I can add is just to breathe, take your time and don't get shaken. I found the process of navigating 175 questions on the computer to be mentally and physically taxing. After about 100 questions I started taking mini breaks at my chair (didn't want to ask the proctor to get up). I would look up at the ceiling, breathe deeply for a minute or two and refocus. I did this a lot towards the end and it worked.

I can recommend books.

• How to Win Friends and Influence People - required reading
  
• Behind Closed Doors - management and leadership
  
• Its Your Ship - management and leadership
  
• One Minute Manager - management and leadership
  
• Mythical Man Month - IT specific
  
• Peopleware - IT specific
  
  Don't look at this as something mandated, look at it as an opportunity to learn. If the class you mentioned covers general leadership and management you should consider it, direct reports or not. If it's just how to file HR paperwork and stuff, ya don't bother.

This is a great book -- PHR book by Ann Bogardus. I used it to study for the SHRM-CP and PHR, and didn't fail me!! There's an updated version for 2019. Good luck!


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119068134/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I'm in the process of studying, primarily using the Anne Bogardus book, which came highly recommended. It's $30.32 with Amazon Prime, and it includes access to online versions of the opening assessment test, the end-of-chapter quizzes and a practice exam, and it also has flashcards. I purchased David Siler's audiobook last night, $20. I'm also using the free version of the PocketPrep app, and I may upgrade for $35 at some point. I also plan to seek out more test exams and test questions for further practice, hopefully at low cost. :)

Depending on where you live, there may be some resources within your local library and/or its larger network. If you have a SHRM chapter nearby, try to connect with someone about materials and studying. I know my chapter is supposed to start a fall study group at some point, and I'd be willing to bet lots of folks have books you can borrow.

My advice may not be as helpful since I'm still studying, but I hope it gives you some direction!

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It was about 8 or 10 questions on each of maybe 10(?) general topics in HR. All the questions were multiple choice. You have to take it on a computer in a testing center. You'll need to have basic math/graph reading skills, know legislative pieces such as COBRA and other Acronyms/Executive Orders, know basic psychology principles.. its all pretty basic. I've only heard bad things about the Assurance study guides, so I suggest using a PHR guide instead This is the one that I suggest. The overview in the first section is all you really need, but if doesn't hurt to study the whole guide. It makes a great resource for other things later on as well.

IT can be outsourced, but it really depends what kind of IT and how specialized you are. I read this book that basically says any job that can be reduced to simple rules can be offshored, and any job that can't be is relatively safe. If you do complicated troubleshooting or something that requires your physical presence (in-person support) you're safe from offshoring.

You're right, of course, that most trades are the most insulated from this. You can't offshore the wiring in a house.

I'm taking the aPHR in May as well. I'm only using this book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119068134/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1?pf_rd_p=1944687462&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=111828917X&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=12Q4N2AD64PS3WSZHW0Y

considering it's really really meant for entry-level HR positions, I suspect it will be a very general test and probably won't be excessively detailed.

I'm planning on the SHRM-CP this summer as well. Can't take the PHR until next summer.

Best of luck!

>Can you become successful without a college degree?

Yes. Absolutely.
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Ask Bill Gates, or Mark Zuckerberg (I used to say "Steve Jobs" but he's dead a decade now), and etc -- none of them actually "graduated" from college.

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>I really don't want to go to college but i'm worried I won't amount to anything if I don't go to college.

Well, ask yourself: What is it you really WANT to be?

And then answer whether THAT actually includes "going to/thru college" -- and hint: chances are it DOESN'T -- then go commit yourself to becoming that.

No, it won't be simple -- or easy or a "wateva" -- but it should and will be rewarding along the way.

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If you are into reading, then I would like to suggest you go fetch a book called "Shop Class As Soulcraft" and then read it & think about what it all says; perhaps... it will "speak to you."

I've been looking forward to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/297265509/koe-a-jrpg-with-japanese-at-the-core-of-gameplay for a while.

What you've done is kind of an interesting concept, but I think it needs more of a schtick to it if it's going to be a used for more than a couple of minutes by someone. Even though it's interactive, it's very passive. What reason do you have for people to recall the words after playing? Educational games need to actually ask questions as well as be fun, otherwise the retention level will be very low.

I'd check out http://www.amazon.ca/The-Gamification-Learning-Instruction-Game-based/dp/1118096347

Hi there. Check out this book, it's about exactly what you're describing. https://www.amazon.com/Limbo-Blue-Collar-Roots-White-Collar-Dreams/dp/0471714399/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503500221&sr=8-1&keywords=limbo+book

I am also one of the first in my family to attend and graduate college. I grew up on a horse ranch, my parents were cops. Our lives weren't exactly centered towards "college prep".

Definitely check out that book though. There's dozens of stories in there from people who are going through the same thing. Good luck.

Give your life meaning again by becoming a great boss. Your job isn't telling people what to do. Your job is to remove obstacles for your employees so they can do their job.

Read "behind closed doors". It's an easy read that walks you through the habits of a good boss by a series of examples.

I'll second Shermer's books.

Also add in Denialism by Specter

Snake Oil Science by Bausell, is a great look at research methods.

Why We Make Mistakes by Hallinan is a good look at some of the unconscious factors that go into our thinking.


Edit: Removed Lehrer from list.

People have already gave some great suggestions. A couple of books you may like:

• Design for the Way People Learn by Julie Dirkson
  
  
• E-Learning and the Science of Instruction by Clark and Meyer / kind of the "textbook" for e-learning instructional design

First off, if your experience is anything like mine you'll see that as they get older they'll need to rethink their positions as they leave the college bubble and enter the "real world."

>Where can I find good sources that express this exact sentiment?

The problem is this sentiment is the culmination of years of study, hundreds of books and papers, and extensive debate and criticism. At least that's the way my classes worked. Mapping the Social Landscape; Readings in Sociology by Susan Ferguson is a good collection of several sociological readings over a broad range of topics. The Second Shift by Arlie Russel Hochschild is a good book for examining gender roles in a family setting, although it does have a feminist bias that has counterarguments that come up in debates. Sociology of crime and law enforcement also provide insight into topics that tend to disagree with the notion of male privilege. Companions in Crime is a good book that covers a range of criminology theories. Deborah Tannen also has several good books about the ways men and women tend to differ, and the consequences that result.

Getting the PHR certification is definitely worth it. You need to review the requirements to find out which one you qualify to sit for: https://www.hrci.org/our-programs/which-certification-is-right-for-you

The jobs you hold don't help or hurt your chance of passing. You need to review the body of knowledge required for the exam in order to be prepared to pass it. Check out this book (https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Human-Resources-Certification-Deluxe/dp/1119068134/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=E3ZQKV9CRWSB4ADQ78EV) and classes in your area if you need more structured learning tools.

This one pulled up his ladder: No 2020 Democrat is 'capable of beating Trump'

This one pretends all public schools are "equal": Universal public systems are designed to benefit EVERYBODY ...

This one never read An Affirmative Action Baby: [Carnell schools Harriot & Bootyjig](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR83q8kjGFI)

LOL these "media influencers" need to get their acts together.

I do plan on applying for any entry level positions I find.

Does anyone have any insight into studying for the Aphr? If I use two textbooks recommended on the exam prep resources and that phr prep book thats popular on amazon: PHR / SPHR Professional in Human Resources Certification Study Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/111828917X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_DRQ.ybRD6T0TZ

Would that be enough? Where can I find aphr practice tests? Should I purchase the one from HRCI? Should I just purchase the HRCP aphr prep??

suggested reading: The Second Shift by Arlie Hochschild. women tend to be held responsible for far more labor than men in today's society. it's worth a quick google search, if anything. don't be so quick to judge "housewives," particularly after not having experienced such a situation :)

I used to dry hump my S.O. until I came to the realization that I shouldn't. Why did I stop? Learned about what sexual harassment is and learned about the second shift.

You should check out "The Second Shift" by Arlie Hochschild. It's a page-turner/concept burner. Hochschild found that because of our (U.S.) traditional ideas about gender roles women are still working hard in the home. Obviously, women have entered the labor force. They work a shift a day outside of the home and then they come home and work a second shift. This second shift includes taking care of children, husbands, pets, and the home. She found that this caretaking adds up to about a months worth of time for every year. At the same time the majority of husbands identify their role as breadwinner and dissociate their identity from caretaker. These husbands do contribute but not to the extent of their S.O.

There is a "stalled revolution" in the home and in society at large. We are still a patriarchal society. We still do not have economic practices that would help support women that have a second shift such as, free high-quality childcare, reasonable amounts of sick time, vacation time, maternity leave that includes fathers, and so on.

she also found that there is a third shift that women have, which is the emotional investments and worries which some men don't experience because of their powerful position.

I had to change my role in the home once I realized how hard women have it.

tl;dr Women work a second shift at home and I understand your frustration. I'm a dude, btw.

I have a pdf version if you would like it.

You might find the book Shop Class as Soulcraft interesting. I highly recommend it.

Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management (Pragmatic Prog... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0976694026/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdo_t1_AJq.AbZ0VT2WA

This isn't necessarily new. But, I've seen it all over the forums as a great study guide. https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Human-Resources-Certification-Study/dp/111828917X

FWIW, I'm pretty sure I heard all these arguments first from a black law professor (Steven Carter ) and a black economist (Thomas Sowell). They are common views among those who have an economics-influenced worldview. (which is to say, more common among libertarians and conservatives than liberals)

To be more specific with regard to your bolded claim: in practice the intent to practice AA in colleges has had the effect of requiring Asian applicants to achieve much higher SAT scores than others in order to get admitted to the same set of colleges. When this has been noticed, the ideology seems to encourage covering it up or moving the mechanism which accomplishes it into harder-to-quantify areas.

I left off another argument, which is that AA helps already-privileged members of minority groups (who would have succeeded without it) while either failing to help or actively harming the less-privileged members of those same groups. That was the main thrust of Carter's book .

Of course, the body of ideas that constitute "AA" is ever-changing, just like the body of ideas that constitutes, say "communism". One can always claim some criticism doesn't apply to YOUR version of AA (or communism, or liberalism) and sometimes that is actually true, but more often it's a no-true-Scotsman effort. At its heart, AA policies are based on a set of premises about what is likely to be fair or effective or beneficial, and these premises are reasonably disputed by AA's critics.

(Side note: some of the past intellectual basis for AA used the concept of "stereotype threat", which has since been a casualty of the replication crisis.)

This book looks like it could be helpful. Even if the story isn't useful in itself, it might point you towards researchers/academics and their studies.

I graduated with an HR degree and used this book and felt over prepared. Just make sure to review all aspects of the test they have it out online and have a base knowledge of how processes should work.

Read the book Unlocking the Clubhouse about a research study by the CS department at CMU about women in computer science. Everyone I know who has read it says it's very enlightening. The results of the study were a jump from 7% female enrollment to 42% in the computer science program, and it has nothing to do with "dumbing things down" as many sexists on here would believe.

I appreciate it. The biggest thing is to take each section individually and only study that. It makes things much more managable. Ice included the links below. I think they've gone up a bit since I bought them last year.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/111828917X/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1459107253&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=phr&dpPl=1&dpID=51qz3qmRIOL&ref=plSrch

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1610725077/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1459107294&sr=8-1&pi=SX200_QL40&keywords=phr+flash+cards&dpPl=1&dpID=51jyfTfcmWL&ref=plSrch

Have you read "Punching In"?

During a two-year urban adventure through the world of commerce, journalist Alex Frankel proudly wore the brown uniform of the UPS driver, folded endless stacks of T-shirts at Gap, brewed espressos for the hordes at Starbucks, interviewed (but failed to get hired) at Whole Foods, enrolled in management training at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and sold iPods at the Apple Store.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W939RK

I've read some threads, many recommend the following book: Reed/Bogardus PHR Study Guide
 
I would search through some of the previous threads for more advice.
https://www.reddit.com/r/humanresources/comments/1kxykw/phr_study_options_and_personal_experience/
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/humanresources/comments/71ssqj/affordable_good_phrsphr_study_materials_andor/

Please look into a sociological term known as "The Second Shift", also a book written by Arlie Hochschild.

Follow it up with "Shop Class as Soulcraft". He pretty much picks up a lot from ZataoMM and continues it. He has a follow-up book to SCaS but I haven't read it yet. It's on my list when I have some $$$.

Comfort the kid, pick up the kid, feed the kid, get the kid dressed, take them to school and pick them up, do their homework, make the dinner, clean the house, buy the supplies, run the errands. All part of Women's Work, aka Second Shift: the work you do after your career because men typically don't do it. This, plus The Motherhood Penalty, is a major reason why women's pay doesn't equal men's: we have to get jobs that let us do Second Shift because nobody else will.

Yet another reason for women to be Childfree.

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/05/11/the-motherhood-penalty/

https://contemporaryfamilies.org/continuing-gender-revolution-brief-report/

https://thesocietypages.org/trot/2016/04/18/spring-cleaning/

https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2015/07/21/interpreting-changing-household-patterns/

https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2015/07/16/first-comes-love/

https://www.amazon.com/Second-Shift-Working-Families-Revolution/dp/0143120336

https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2016/04/21/the-way-we-still-never-were/

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/111828917X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1415366063&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40

This is the book I used. I have also recommended it to others who have passed (some on the SPHR).

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Human-Resources-Certification-Practice/dp/0071840915/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467305007&sr=1-9&keywords=phr+exam+prep

https://www.amazon.com/PHR-SPHR-Professional-Resources-Certification/dp/111828917X

Passed PHR in January with these two.

You actually can be socialized poor. Not socialized to BE poor, but be socialized to a norm of behaviour and morals that is recognized as "poor". Though this book looks at "blue collar" rather than "poor" (which I'd put another step down the class ladder), it examines just this idea of class-based norms of behaviour and morals that can hold you back or even bite you in the butt as you try to escape your origins.