Choose On-Demand if
- You have passed a hard exam before by yourself
- Your schedule genuinely will not hold a fixed weekly slot
- You are retaking and mostly need the material, not the structure
- Budget is the deciding factor
Exam prep
Every way to prepare, side by side.
From a free ten-question quiz to ten weeks of live coaching. Start wherever you actually are — most people start further down this list than they expect.
Looking for the smaller resources instead? They are all on the resources page.
Side by side
Everything in On-Demand is also in the Accelerator. Nothing is taken away — coaching is added.
| What you get | On-Demand$599.99 | Accelerator$1,425 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $599.99 | $1,425 |
| Format | Self-paced | Ten weeks, live |
| Start date | Whenever you enroll | Fixed cohort start |
| Access to the full course | Included | Included |
| Twelve months of platform access | Included | Included |
| Recorded video lectures | Included | Included |
| Downloadable module summaries | Included | Included |
| Digital flashcards | Included | Included |
| Practice question bank with rationales | Included | Included |
| Certification final review checklist | Included | Included |
| HR Certification Success Community | Included | Included |
| Monthly Q&A session replays | Not included | Included |
| Full-length practice exams | One | Two |
| Ten weeks of live group coaching with me | Not included | Included |
| 1:1 Strategy Review | Not included | Included |
| The Study Circle accountability group | Not included | Included |
| Welcome Kit with printed materials | Not included | Included |
| Ace the SHRM Exam eBook | Not included | Included |
80% of my students pass — Fall 2023 – Spring 2026. Both options keep twelve months of access from the day you enroll, which covers a retake.
How to decide
Choose the Accelerator if
- You have started studying more than once and stopped
- You want a date on the calendar and people expecting you
- Employment law is the part that worries you
- Your employer is paying, or might
Still torn? Book a certification call and I will tell you which one I would pick for you — including when the answer is neither, or not this year.
Free · for your manager
Get your employer to pay for it.
Certification usually sits inside a professional development or tuition budget that nobody claims. The hard part is asking well. This is a letter you can adapt and send to your manager — what the certification is, what it costs, what the organization gets back, and why now.
Get the Convince Your Boss letterAlso useful when you ask
- An invoice made out to your organization
- One payment rather than individual checkouts
- Group pricing if colleagues want to join — certify your team
Not sure yet
Ten questions will tell you more than this page can.
The free practice quiz scores you by knowledge domain, so you find out which parts of the exam you are actually weak on before you spend anything.