HR Essentials

Course details

This highly informative, practical 3-day course in the fundamentals of HR, will introduce new or less experienced HR administrators to the role and activities of the HR function and how it contributes to delivering organisation success. 

Participants will learn how successful and effective HR professionals recruit, train and develop employees and why to reward them fairly, using both financial and non-financial systems. They will focus on what keeps employees engaged at work and how HR supports employees to learn new skills so they're motivated and productive.

Objectives

The objectives of the HR Essentials course are to: 

• Explain the key role and expectations of an HR practitioner and the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to be effective now and in the future

• Appreciate the changing world of work in which HR and L&D is operating and its role in an organisation's success

• Deliver customer focused HR service delivery and handle complaints 

• Know how to maintain a positive approach in the organisation's relationship with its employees

• Understand the factors that affect an organisation's approach to talent management

• Recognise that rewarding performance can help to create and maintain a high-achieving organisation culture 

• Demonstrate the benefits from implementing engagement practices and tools

• Increase participants personal effectiveness in handling a range of HR issues 

• Create a personal action plan to apply learning in the workplace 

Participants will 'take away' a rich resource of further reading materials including CIPD factsheets, podcast links, checklists, tools and templates to start their journey as HR professionals.