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Talent Acquisition
Talent Acquisition
This course is part of HRCI Human Resource Associate Professional Certificate
Instructors: Brad Boyson
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2 weeks at 10 hours a week
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What you'll learn
Create a job analysis and write a job description
Create a talent recruitment strategy
Identify and explain all stages of the talent acquisition life cycle
Skills you'll gain
- Talent Pipelining
- Talent Recruitment
- Talent Acquisition
- Human Resource Strategy
- Contract Negotiation
- Human Resources
- Talent Sourcing
- Employee Retention
- Negotiation
- Recruitment
- Analysis
- Interviewing Skills
- Talent Management
- Employee Onboarding
- Recruitment Strategies
- New Hire Orientations
- Job Analysis
- Workforce Development
- Full Cycle Recruitment
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Taught in English
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This course is part of the HRCI Human Resource Associate Professional Certificate
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Reviewed on Jul 28, 2025
I loved taking this course! It touched on everything I have already been doing throughout my career and it gave much more insight to the "why" behind what we do in the HR field.
CB
Reviewed on Nov 26, 2023
This course was a good introduction to talent acquisition. It was easy to understand and accessible. The learning modules were well designed and the pace of everything was perfect.
LJ
Reviewed on Feb 10, 2025
I think this is very essential course for those who is looking for jobs in HR. The course is well structured and contains specific detailed information in every Module.
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