Coronavirus (CoVID19) induced lockdown! A state of being that has kept us feeling uncertain, uncomfortable and isolated for quite a few days now. With b-schools and offices being closed, GD-WAT-PIs, internships, and jobs are delayed indefinitely. While the situation may look grim for most b-schoolers and aspirants, it's also an interesting and opportunistic time for HR enthusiasts. How? Well, CoVID19 has disrupted the way the industry works. There is a shift in the way people are working, what they are working on and whom they are working for. We are lucky to have a birds-eye view of the entire situation. Let’s use this information to learn, up-skill and be ready for future situations like this. This article is for all those MBA aspirants, HR enthusiasts (like me), “people's” people, MBA students, and professionals. Here's a list of 8 HR online courses that you can pursue to use your time productively during this lockdown and be well prepared for the future. Read on to know more.
If you are someone who has just discovered their interpersonal skills and have a genuine love for understanding people, then a career in HR management is your destiny. This course is by Oxford Home Study College and is definitely worth trying. This course is for beginners who have a keen interest in HR and want to learn more about HR management.
Best Feature
- Free (your first course with OHS is free)
- Anyone can attend (no prior knowledge or experience required)
- No deadline for enrolling for the course
- No deadline to finish the course
- All course materials are included
- A letter of completion (through email) available
The HR course focuses on three primary topics:
- Overview of HR management,
- The fundamentals of candidate recruitment
- An exploration of ongoing staff training and development.
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It is an online introductory course that helps you explore the role of HR from a strategy, compliance, administrative and business growth point of view. In this course, you will learn how to do an HR audit, learn the performance management process and discover the process of recruiting great talent by learning the art of job analysis, job posting, and interview process management.
The best part of the online HR course:
- No prerequisites
- Full-time access
- Certificate after compilation
- It’s only Rs. 420
Today's world is extremely data and technology-driven. The same trend follows in HR too. In order to provide MBA aspirants, MBA -HR students and HR managers with an understanding of the importance of technology and data in HR management, Coursera has introduced a 19 hours People Analytics course. The course is a great amalgamation of the 4Ts: Task, Theory, Technique, and Technology.
You will learn about:
- Technologies and tools used in people management processes that can improve an organization’s performance.
- Using some of these tools and selecting the ones that suit your objectives and budget.
- Designing individual and team development plans and measuring its ROI for the organization.
- Figuring out qualities that lead employees to their best performance.
- Identifying the right channels to recruit employees and team members.
- Finding a combination of monetary and non-monetary motivation tools that are best for the organization.
- Predicting which employee will leave in the near future and reduce attrition accordingly.
- Finding the right engagement tools that makes a strong organizational culture and improves performance.
Best parts of the course:
- Free enrolment (7 days trial)
- Fully-online
- Flexible deadlines (you can reset as per your needs)
- Offered by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
- Certification of completion
- Professors - Dr. Ilya Brayman and Dr. Alexey Dolinskiy
HR still remains as one of the undermined fields in the MBA domain. Hence, extra knowledge in this field is always necessary. In this 2.5 hour course, you will get a basic idea about HR concepts that you will learn at a b-school! This course is also great for those who want to do a quick brush-up before their interviews for an HR management position.
Organizational learning and development is a concept that HR students will learn extensively at b-school. And the learnings are important, as it is much relevant in the industries today. In order to attract and retain top talent, salary and incentive is not the only thing a company can do. Here is where the role of HR is crucial. The HR manager is aware and is able to provide various Learning and Development (L&D) programs, a critical talent management tool that helps leaders, managers, and HR build a good talent pool. In this course, expert and consultant Britt Andreatta shares how to build an L&D program to attract and retain talent and help employees develop the skills needed to keep the organization competitive.
This online course contains:
- 1 project file
- 3 chapter quizzes
- Certificate of completion
- Credit Units available if you are already doing a certification
You can buy the course for 1,150 INR, which frankly is a small price to pay for learning these concepts if you're set on an HR career.
The Covid19 induced pandemic has gravely impacted the corporate world. While some companies are laying off employees, others are shifting to remote work in order to lessen the impact of such a big change. Since there are no manual or training sessions to handle such a situation, things are pretty messed up right now.
In order to mend that gap, ej4.com has come up with various video training courses on Employee Training on Coronavirus Precautions and Pandemic Planning. They are more of a series of awareness videos, that will help to aspirants and current HR professionals prepare for any future cases. These videos are free and open to all, so make sure to check them out!
Yeah! This may seem like an off syllabus topic, but the relevance of the topic in the current industry is beyond compare. Nowadays, each and every industry trend has a direct impact on how a company works and engages the workforce. Whether we like it or not, these trends will keep on happening. We as aspirants and students have a choice, either become the disruptor or get disrupted?
In this course, you will learn more about popular trends and their implications. As an HR aspirant, who will be part of this future workforce and probably managing it too, knowing about the new HR trends and tools becomes crucial.
Instructor: Dave Millner (Executive Workforce Partner with IBM’s Workforce Science division)
What will you be taught?
- Understanding the trends that impact the future of work.
- How to prepare for the future
- Understanding how HR can respond to a digital agenda
- Tools that can be used
What will you get out of this course?
- 12 Month Access
- There are three modules which you can complete in 6 hours
- Includes video lessons and reading material
- Work on real-world projects
- Connect with the global HR practitioners community
- Personal coaching
The course costs Rs. 17,000. Yes, it’s a little expensive but the value of the course, applicability in a global sense and what you get out of it, makes the course worth it!
This is an online introductory course for HR managers and HR enthusiasts. The aim of the course is to help you understand the constantly shifting dynamics of today’s corporate world and values and practices that need to be applied for Human Resources transformation and harnessing agility. Knowledge, quizzes, and assignments are an integral part of the course.
In the course you will learn:
- What is Agile and Agile HR?
- Why Agile is Need of the Hour
- Basics of Agile methodologies/frameworks
- Traditional vs. Agile Human Resources
- Agile Movement in Human Resources function
Best parts of the course:
- No prerequisites
- Full-time access
- Certificate after compilation
- It’s only Rs. 478 (there is 97% off on the course and is there for a limited time only).
Hope this article helped you! If you think there are more HR courses that should be added in this article, then comment below.
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