Human Resources: Hiring and Managing Talent in the 21st Century
University of California, Riverside
  • Start Date: 28 Mar, 2022
  • 8 weeks
  • Study Content: Videos


Build and retain a diverse workforce in your organisation with tools and techniques to effectively manage and develop employees.

Course Fee: Free
Certificate Cost: See Fees and Eligibility

Course Description

This course is made available through the eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn partnership.

Develop your HR skills for strategic talent management


As organisations strive to remain competitive, strategic talent management remains at the forefront to develop their culture and drive success.


On this eight-week course from the University of California, Riverside, you’ll learn the fundamentals of hiring and managing talent in today’s workplace landscape. By building your HR skills and a range of practical tools, such as HR-driven gap analysis, you’ll be able to effectively develop and retain employees.


Explore the benefits of empowering employees


HR professionals and leaders are charged with recruiting and retaining dynamic people in alignment with their organisation’s mission, vision, and goals.


You’ll look at ways to achieve this and why it’s so important, while also engaging, developing, and empowering employees to invest in your business’s success. By balancing these aspects of talent management, you can begin creating an exponential return on investment.


Learn how to engage employees through effective leadership


On this course, you’ll explore the importance of effective leadership, from self-leadership to leading others. You’ll be able to assess your own strengths, leadership skills, and competencies, before looking at different leadership styles and discussing ways to engage employees.


Discover the importance of nurturing workplace diversity


Building and leveraging a diverse workforce is among an organisation’s key performance drivers.


You’ll explore the need for a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, discussing inclusive practices in the workplace and how to support and encourage diversity in an organisation.


At the end of this course, you’ll also look at alternative workplace environments and job designs, assessing how you can adapt to hiring and managing talent in an ever-changing working world.


This course is designed for both human resources professionals interested in engaging some of the newest developments in the industry.


It may also be of interest to business managers looking to increase their knowledge of HR best practices.


Certificate cost may vary. You will be redirected to the host page for cost and payment options.

University of California, Riverside

This university is part of the partnership between eLearnAfrica and FutureLearn.

This institution is available on eLearnAfrica through partnership with FutureLearn.

You may be able to download course materials after enrolling in this course. If not, all of the necessary course materials provided by the course instructor will be available on the provider's course page.
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