The CIPD is the professional body for HR and people development. The not-for-profit organisation champions better work and working lives and has been setting the benchmark for excellence in people and organisation development for more than 100 years. It has more than 145,000 members across the world, provides thought leadership through independent research on the world of work, and offers professional training and accreditation for those working in HR and learning and development.

Course: HR Fundamentals

Get an introduction to the practice of HR, and develop the skills you need to become an HR professional.

Duration 5 weeks - 3 hours per week - FREE online course

Find out why HR is so important to organisations

HR professionals look after the greatest creators of value (and risk) in organisations: their people.

On this course, you’ll get an introduction to the practice of HR, and develop skills you need as an HR professional.

You’ll learn how HR helps organisations achieve business goals and strategic objectives.

You’ll explore the basic principles of workforce planning, employee recruitment and retention.

Finally, you’ll find out about performance management, and how to support people in achieving goals.

What topics will you cover?

• Why HR matters;

• HR Professionalism in practice;

• Enabling an organisation’s strategy through HR;

• Data, and how to use it effectively;

• Workforce planning, recruitment and retention;

• Workforce engagement and managing performance.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

• Describe HR Professionalism and demonstrate an understanding of its importance to people and organisations;

• Apply basic principles of workforce planning, including recruitment and retention;

• Demonstrate understanding of performance management and how to get the best out of people;

• Describe the role of HR in supporting an organisation in meeting its strategy and objectives.

Who is the course for?

This course is aimed at new and aspiring HR professionals, but may also be of interest to people responsible for people operations.

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