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HR Course for Beginners: Become an HR Specialist [EN]

Name: HR Course for Beginners: Become an HR Specialist [EN]
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Created byPapaHR ★ 160K students • 535 Courses: HR, HRMS, HRBP, CIPD, AI, Analytics, Talent, Claude, HRCI, SHRM, PHRi, Total Rewards, HRIS

Last updated 6/2026

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What you'll learn

Master recruitment processes, including job analysis, competency profiling, and effective interviewing techniques
Master recruitment processes, including job analysis, competency profiling, and effective interviewing techniques
Gain insights into creating competitive compensation structures and managing employee benefits
Develop strategies for performance management, employee engagement, and retention
Develop HR analytics skills to track recruitment effectiveness and workforce planning
Master workforce planning techniques to align hiring strategies with business goals
Learn HR technology tools such as ATS, HRIS, and AI-powered recruitment software
Build employer branding strategies to attract and retain top talent
Gain expertise in HR policy development for employee handbooks, grievance handling, and workplace regulations
Understand HR automation to streamline administrative tasks and improve efficiency.
Design leadership development programs to support talent growth and succession planning

Course content

6 sections • 17 lectures • 8h 29m total length

HR Specialist Role, Key Responsibilities and Beginner HR Skills47:50
Typical HR department structure
Competency model for HR specialist
Assessing your knowledge
Career planning
Quiz: HR Specialist Basics, Core HR Duties and Beginner Skills
Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Guide for HR Specialists36:15
Effective planning of selection stages
Preparing a candidate competency profile
Popular competency libraries
Writing competency-based interview questions
Prescribing behavioral indicators for the company
Developing a test task for Hard skills assessment
Developing a role play for a candidate
Finding synonyms for job titles
Assigning a list of donor companies and using it in the search
Generating a list of keywords for candidate search
Creating a sales pitch
Creating an attractive job text with ChatGPT
Developing a media kit for the vacancy and its assignment
Onboarding and Employee Adaptation Strategies for HR Specialists30:31
A method for creating an adaptation checklist
Difference between preboarding, induction, onboarding, reboarding
Calculating the economic benefits of adaptation
Creating a beginner's book
Working with book creation platforms
Starting a mentoring program for newcomers
Organizing an ideal first day of work
Ensuring that the new employee is not preoccupied with organizational issues on the first day of work
Creating questionnaires for new employees to collect feedback
Organizing a presentation for new employees
Organizing a presentation for new employees for “old-timers” in the company
Possession of tools to automate onboarding
Using a Donut or Random Coffee bot to introduce newcomers to the company
Organizing team building activities to bring new teams together

Employee Training and Development from an HR Specialist Perspective32:42
Employee development needs questionnaire template
Employee Training Request Template
Example of an employee training policy
Application of Kirkpatrick's model for employee training
The 6D model that replaced ADDIE in employee training
Launching online employee training
Personalized Employee Development Plan Template
Applying the 9 boxes for employee training planning
Succession Planning template
Employee career planning for training planning
Applying the 70-20-10 rule for employee training
Implement OKRs for HR Success, Goal Setting and Performance Alignment33:49
The essence of the OKR method and requirements for its use
5 differences between OKR and MBO
Systems for OKR accounting
Painless start-up of OKR in a company for the first time
OKR summarization
Linking OKR to Performance Review
All Key Results requirements
Corporate Culture Management Insights for HR Specialists and Teams39:13
3 main elements of corporate culture
The process of describing company culture and the tools to do so
At least 10 ways to integrate culture into company operations
Description of desirable and undesirable employee behavior
Description of the culture in the employee's book and the requirements for this
Rules for changing the culture in the company

Conduct Efficient Team Meetings: Essential Skill for HR Specialists30:12
The 5 main types of team meetings
A model for effectively conducting a weekly team meeting
Conducting strategy sessions and offsite meetings and key requirements
Importance of meeting notes and the platform to capture them
4 types of meeting behaviors
3 basic meeting types
Effective agenda setting
Implementing team meeting rules in the company
Organize Corporate Events with HR Specialist Planning Best Practices29:00
The role of corporate events in a company and their impact on business
Developing a corporate events calendar with ChatGPT
Popular event formats, e.g. Thirsty Thursday
Payroll Management and Compliance Essentials for HR Specialists24:11
Salary management system in the company
The need for job evaluation for salary management
Construction of payroll forks
Progressive salary review matrix
Compa-ratio calculation
Compression of salary forks
The “green circle” and “red circle” in salary forks
Using lump sum as an alternative to salary revision

Develop Incentive Systems that Drive Performance and Employee Motivation34:41
Target reward amount and how it is determined for the position
Daily, weekly and monthly incentive system
Annual incentives for employees linked to Performance Review
Developing a fee scheme for the position
Developing a incentive scheme for the sales team
Building team incentive systems
Employer Branding Techniques for HR Specialists and Talent Attraction27:29
The difference between EVP and Employer Brand
Creating a target audience portrait for the employer brand
Conducting a brand audit
Launching an internal EVP questionnaire for employees
Conducting interviews with the target audience and finding out their pains and desires
Forming a value proposition based on pain and desire
Creating an employer brand communication strategy
Crafting messages to communicate the value proposition
Using ChatGPT to create sales messages
Developing a brand content plan
Metrics for brand evaluation
HR Policy Development, Implementation and Compliance for HR Specialists22:33
How policies are developed
What policies are needed
Examples of policies
Policy development with ChatGPT
Proposing a New Hybrid Work Policy to a Resistant Department Head

Employee Surveys and Polls: Strategic Guide for HR Specialists35:03
Formulating goals for surveys
Using Google Forms or similar platform
Downloading survey responses
Using ChatGPT to analyze text responses
Employee Job Satisfaction Survey
Gallup Q12 Engagement Survey
Conducting an eNPS Loyalty Survey
Employee Burnout Survey
Survey to assess departmental collaboration
Google Executive Performance Survey
Calculating the sample size needed to conduct the survey
Techniques for engaging participants in survey participation
Conducting anonymous and non-anonymous surveys
Employee pulse survey platforms
HR Analytics and Key Metrics Explained for Beginner HR Specialists49:04
The difference between analytics and just metrics
50 most popular HR metrics, their calculation and application
5 data collection tools for analytics
The difference between data validity and reliability
Calculating medians and percentiles
Digitizing HR decisions for analytics
Constructing different graphs
Calculating correlation between data sets
Different ways of making predictions of data
Segmenting data in different areas
Calculating the monetary benefit of an employee to the company
Calculating the benefit to the company from increased employee engagement
Implementation of Exit Interview for turnover analysis
Automate HR Processes and Recruiting with Practical HR Specialist Tools28:49
Minimum of 10 HR automation systems, including PeopleForce
Demo and testing of at least one system
Recruitment automation systems
Training automation systems
Scorecard evaluation of automation systems
Platforms for creating a simple chatbot
Opportunities and limitations of using AI in HR automation
Active use of ChatGPT for routine daily tasks

Requirements

No prior experience is required; this course is designed for beginners and professionals looking to enhance their HR skills and knowledge. All you need is a willingness to learn and grow in the field of human resources.

Description

Ready to become the HR expert companies compete to hire?

Stop guessing your way through HR tasks. Start mastering the entire HR cycle—from hiring to analytics—like a certified pro.

This all-in-one HR Specialist course gives you a complete playbook for managing modern HR operations, backed by proven frameworks, automation tools, and real-world templates. Whether you’re just starting out or upgrading your current role, this program will turn you into a confident, high-performing HR leader.

Led by top HR strategist Mike Pritula, this course goes beyond theory—it’s packed with actionable strategies and plug-and-play resources for talent acquisition, onboarding, employee development, compensation planning, and more.

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What You’ll Learn (Highlights)

• Master the full scope of HR Specialist responsibilities from A to Z

• Build high-impact recruitment, onboarding, and retention programs

• Use OKRs, performance reviews, and training models to drive results

• Structure compensation, bonuses, and salary bands like a pro

• Launch corporate events, culture initiatives, and branding strategies

• Automate HR tasks using ChatGPT, AI tools, and HR systems like PeopleForce

• Track key HR metrics and make data-driven workforce decisions

• Design policies, surveys, handbooks, and onboarding experiences that work

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Why This Course Stands Out

• Covers 15 Core HR Disciplines – From hiring and onboarding to analytics and automation

• Designed for Real-World Application – Templates, tools, case studies, and checklists included

• Led by a Top HR Expert – Mike Pritula has trained over 50,000 HR professionals

• Recognized Certification – Get a diploma to boost your career credibility and internal promotions

• Lifetime Access – Learn on your schedule, revisit materials anytime

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Transform Your Career with This HR Specialist Certification

Whether you’re new to HR or ready to specialize, this program gives you the confidence, skills, and toolkit to thrive in any HR environment.

By the end, you’ll know exactly how to design, manage, and improve HR systems across the entire employee lifecycle—and be recognized as a strategic, skilled HR professional.

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. It ensures cutting-edge insights and the latest practices.

This course contains a promotion.

Enroll now and start your journey to becoming a high-impact HR Specialist.

Who this course is for:

This course is for aspiring HR professionals, current HR practitioners looking to expand their expertise, and managers who want to understand HR functions to better support their teams and drive organizational success.

HR Course for Beginners: Become an HR Specialist [EN]

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HR Specialist Fundamentals: Recruitment, Onboarding and HR Responsibilities3 lectures • 1hr 55min

Training, OKR Implementation and Corporate Culture for HR Specialists3 lectures • 1hr 46min

Team Meetings, Corporate Events and Payroll for HR Specialist Excellence3 lectures • 1hr 23min

Incentives, Employer Branding and HR Policy Development for Specialists4 lectures • 1hr 25min

Employee Surveys, HR Analytics and Automation for Modern HR Specialists3 lectures • 1hr 53min

BONUS: HR Specialist Course Tips, Best Practices and Career Tools2 lectures • 8min

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