
Explore the modern HR department's operations, from recruitment and onboarding to the employee life cycle, engagement, and retention, leveraging AI and HR analytics for strategic impact.
Discover how HR professionals in 2025 leverage AI and automation to optimize the employee life cycle. From employer branding to offboarding, learn modern tools for job descriptions, ATS, and onboarding.
Differentiate recruitment from talent acquisition, moving from filling current vacancies to long-term planning, branding, and attracting and retaining top candidates.
Outline the recruitment process from gathering manpower requirements and posting vacancies to reviewing resumes, screening, interviewing, testing, and final hiring decisions with the hiring manager (ABC Company Limited).
Manpower planning, or human resource planning, balances demand and supply to meet organizational goals, using forecasting, current inventory, and gap analysis to guide recruitment or redeployment.
Learn the manpower requisition process from department request to HR approval, including budget checks, job description and KPI requirements, and internal or external posting.
Learn to write effective job descriptions by distinguishing them from job specifications, and present duties, responsibilities, and reporting lines in present tense with gender-neutral language, using a downloadable jd template.
Learn to craft effective job descriptions that attract diverse, competitive candidates by using inclusive, gender-neutral language and avoiding discrimination. Highlight EVP, CSR, and transparent hiring steps to boost employer brand.
Discover what an employer brand and employee value proposition are, why branding shapes reputation, and how a strong brand attracts, retains, and sustains employees.
Discover how a strong employee value proposition (EVP) acts as the internal promise behind employer branding, integrating compensation, work-life balance, stability, location, and respect to attract and retain top talent.
Master internal sourcing to fill vacancies by promoting from within, transferring staff, converting freelancers, and leveraging employee referrals with targeted internal postings and rewards.
Discover external candidate sourcing methods including company websites, job boards, networking, job fairs, campus recruiting, print media, social media, recruitment consultants, professional associations, employment exchanges, and labor contractors.
Learn boolean search techniques for recruitment and talent acquisition, mastering operators like and, or, not, quotation marks, and parentheses to source HR managers in Chennai.
Explore the Naukri portal's home, jobs and responses, and advanced search features, including keyword, location, and CTC filters, mass SMS/email, and organizing resumes into folders.
Master boolean search on the Naukri portal using and/or/not operators to locate candidates by keywords and location, then refine results by searching the entire resume and by candidate activity.
Master resume screening as part of the sourcing, screening, and selection trio, quickly matching must-have requirements to the job description across objective, experience, education, skills, location, and compensation.
Screen resumes for must-haves, then assess nice-to-haves by reviewing past experiences and industries such as life insurance, with step two and three guiding the overall decision.
Demonstrates a live resume screening for an area sales manager in life insurance, identifying must-haves, comparing resumes to JD, and shortlisting candidates using location, experience, and life insurance expertise.
Explore how to conduct screening, panel, and group interviews to assess candidates' skills, attitude, and fit. Learn interview structures, modes, and key questions for efficient recruitment.
Explore the structure of a job interview from an icebreaker to information sharing, resume-based and key questions, plus the concluding stage and an interview appraisal form.
Use behavioral interviewing to predict future performance by probing past behavior with open-ended questions, using star or svr frameworks, and thorough follow-ups to reveal evidence of skills and honesty.
Explore effective interviewing skills for the hiring manager (technical) round and HR round, with sample questions on background, skills, experience, and how candidates handle pressure.
Master the HR round by learning how to conduct interviews using resume, competency, situational, and behavioral questions to assess fit, motivation, and salary expectations.
Understand the do's and don'ts of interview questions and avoid disallowed topics like age, race, religion, nationality, sex, marital status, disability, and personal questions.
Explore how to automate employee onboarding workflows using ChatGPT integration, covering platform selection, customization, training, use cases, data preparation, fine-tuning, and system integration.
Automate the employee onboarding workflow with ChatGPT integrated into the onboarding portal. Guide new hires through document submission, verification, training schedules, IT access, security policies, and ongoing support.
Explore the types and categories of HR metrics, including purpose-based, function-based, leading and lagging indicators, data sources, and analysis types, with practical examples and an applied activity.
Explore time to fill, the days from posting to offer, as a key recruitment efficiency metric with benchmarks and practical calculation guidance.
Explore the quality of hire metric within recruitment analytics, using four indicators—time to fill, job performance, manager satisfaction, and ramp-up time—to assess new hire impact and inform hiring decisions.
Become an Industry-Ready HR Professional.
Master latest HR Fundamentals with Advanced Real-World Skills and AI Integration.
Course Overview:
Have you ever stopped to wonder about the sheer number of job roles that exist in the world—from engineers and doctors to analysts and managers? Among all these vital roles, there’s one that silently powers every organization’s engine, every step of the way: Human Resources.
If you’re an HR professional, congratulations—you are already in one of the most impactful professions that shape careers, build cultures, and drive business success. And if you’re aspiring to become one, you’re choosing a path that creates lasting impact and meaning at every level of the workplace.
Welcome to NextGen HR’s Crash Course 'Ultimate SHRM Certified Professional SHRM-CP ® Certification'—your gateway to becoming a modern, tech-savvy, and strategic HR professional who understands people, processes, and performance like never before.
What You’ll Learn in This Course:
This is not just another theory-based course. This is a power-packed, application-driven program designed to give you hands-on skills that today’s organizations need.
Section 1: Kickstarting Your HR Journey
Welcome to the Future of HR
A Day in the Life of HR in current year– Real-time Insights
HR 2026: Text Recap of Corporate HR Flow
Section 2: Talent Magnetism – Recruitment & Hiring Simplified
A Winning Recruitment Process – Step-by-Step
Quick Summary: Hiring Workflow at a Glance
Manpower Planning Like a Pro
Decoding the Manpower Requisition Form
Writing the Perfect JD + Download Template
JD Tips: DEI, EVP & Employer Branding Elements
Employer Branding Unboxed: Strategies That Work
Crafting an Irresistible Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
Section 3: Talent Hunt – Sourcing Strategies That Deliver
Internal Sourcing Secrets Revealed
External Sourcing Techniques That Work
Section 4: Smart Sourcing with Boolean & X-Ray Search
Master Boolean Search for Candidate Discovery
Advanced X-Ray Search Techniques for Hiring Pros
Section 5: NextGen HR Reporter – Trendspotting HR with our Monthly Updates
HR Monthly Digest – Monthly Editions to download
Section 6: Navigating Job Portals like a Pro
Naukri Job Portal Deep Dive – Features & Resume Search
Naukri Job Responses – Handling Like a Boss
Using Boolean on Naukri – Sourcing Made Easy
Section 7: Resume Screening Masterclass
Resume Screening Secrets to Work Faster
Step-by-Step Resume Shortlisting Guide
Live Demo: How Real HRs Screen Resumes
Section 8: The Interview Zone – From Screening to Selection
Types of Interviews: Group, Panel, Screening
Structure of a 1-on-1 Interview
Behavioral Interviews – Ask Like a Psychologist
Inside the Hiring Manager's Interview
Interviewing Skills for the HR Round
Interview Law: Legal vs. Illegal Questions
Role Play: Walk Through a Perfect Hiring Process
Section 9: Employee Onboarding Automation with ChatGPT
The 4C's of Onboarding – SHRM Framework
4C's Checklist – Don’t Miss a Step
Automate Onboarding with ChatGPT
Top HR AI Tools You Should Be Using Now
Section 10: Demystifying HR Metrics & Analytics
What are HR Metrics? Types & Usage
Time to Fill – Meaning, Formula & Example
Quality of Hire – How to Measure It Right
Section 11: Reporting HR Success with effective 'HR Reports'
Crafting a Powerful HR Metrics Report
Section 12: Performance Management That Drives Growth
Stages & Methods of Performance Evaluation
Real-Life PMS Example – Corporate Case Study
Section 13: Employee Engagement Engine
What is Employee Engagement – A Clear Start
Step-by-Step Guide with Case Study Approach
Gallup Q12 Model of Engagement– Science Behind Engagement
Section 14: CSR – HR’s Role in Building a Better World
CSR Explained – What, Why & Impact
HR's Strategic Role in CSR Initiatives
Linking CSR with Employee Engagement
DEI & CSR – A Strategic Partnership
Measuring CSR – Reporting & Sustainability
Section 15: HR Audit – Diagnose Before You Act
HR Audit: Purpose, Process & Benefits
Case Study: HR Audit in action at Nexa Tech
Section 16: Training & Development Done Right
Overview – Designing & Evaluating T&D
Practice Activities – Assignments
Craft a Winning Job Description
Your Sourcing Strategy Blueprint
Boolean & X-Ray Search Practice Activity
and many more quizzes, downloadable resources, etc.
Meet Your Instructor
Meghana – Founder & Head Trainer, NextGen HR
MBA in HR | 15+ Years of Industry Experience
Author of The Ultimate HR Generalist Handbook
Worked with Aviva Life Insurance, Paysquare, and multiple IT/BPO firms
Expert in: Payroll, Compensation & Benefits, HR Analytics, Employee Engagement, SAP HR, Microsoft Office tools & more
Why Learn with NextGen HR?
Trusted by 35,000+ HR professionals globally
Career-accelerating curriculum backed by real-life industry experience
Designed to make you job-ready, not just certified
Learn practical tools, templates, and techniques used in top companies
Who Should Join?
Aspiring HR professionals looking to break into the field
Existing HR executives who want to upskill and stay updated
Business owners & team leads who manage people operations
Students pursuing MBA or HR certifications
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