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HR Manager
Future HR officers or managers who hire and appraise.
Recruitment, pay and performance management, motivation and talent, human capital and labour relations, then people analytics.
267hours of coursework
27weeks at 10 h
4steps
20courses
3universities
Target skills
Human ResourcesPeople ManagementHuman Resources Management and PlanningPerformance AppraisalEmployee Performance ManagementHuman Resource StrategyTalent AcquisitionTeam ManagementLeadershipTalent ManagementPeople AnalyticsPerformance Management
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- HR officer
- Recruitment manager
- HR manager
Progression
- 1University of MinnesotaBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Preparing to Manage Human Resources — 19 h 4.8 (10,574) Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding Employees — 21 h 4.7 (4,727) Managing Employee Performance — 15 h 4.7 (2,802) Managing Employee Compensation Beginner 16 h 4.7 (1,921) Human Resources Management Capstone: HR for People Managers — 21 h 4.8 (925) - 2University of MichiganBeginner
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Inspiring and Motivating Individuals Beginner 17 h 4.8 (6,079) Managing Talent Beginner 14 h 4.6 (2,825) Influencing People Beginner 12 h 4.8 (4,292) Leading Teams Beginner 11 h 4.8 (2,428) Leading People and Teams Capstone Intermediate 2 h 4.8 (601) - 3University of MichiganIntermediate
Stated prerequisites: Some related experience recommended
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Human Capital: Foundations and Essentials Intermediate 16 h 4.6 (18) Human Capital: Strategic HR and Managing Talent Intermediate 9 h 4.8 (45) Human Capital: Teams, Unions, and Change Management Intermediate 10 h — Human Capital: Globalization and Culture Intermediate 10 h — Human Capital: Positive Downsizing and Navigating Politics Intermediate 9 h 4.9 (17) - 4University of PennsylvaniaBeginnerMicrosoft Excel
Stated prerequisites: No prior experience required
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Customer Analytics — 14 h 4.6 (11,993) Operations Analytics Beginner 12 h 4.7 (5,150) People Analytics — 11 h 4.6 (6,194) Accounting Analytics — 12 h 4.5 (3,029) Business Analytics Capstone Intermediate 16 h 4.5 (780)
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Projects to build
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HR dashboard
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Free textbooks
Human Resource ManagementUniversity of Minnesota Libraries PublishingFree, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Organizational BehaviorOpenStaxFree (OpenStax)