The 10 best HR & Talent Management courses in 2026

Turn clean HR data into meaningful workforce insights by applying people analytics frameworks and standardized business rules. You'll use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI Desktop, and Microsoft Copilot to calculate and interpret headcount movement, evaluate recruiting funnels, analyze attrition patterns, and examine compensation distributions. You'll also define and standardize HR metrics so results remain consistent across reporting periods, then connect findings to staffing, retention, hiring, and pay decisions. Along the way, you'll review AI-generated interpretations against source data

With “Human Capital: Teams, Unions, and Change Management,” you’ll learn how to transform the way you manage teams and understand human resources. Dive into a comprehensive journey that emphasizes the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within the workplace and equips you with the essential tools to manage diverse teams effectively. This course uniquely bridges the gap between HR and labor relations in unionized environments, comparing and contrasting their roles to give you a holistic understanding of workplace dynamics. Additionally, you will develop innovative change

Do you want to gain a competitive edge on the job market? Would you like to improve the way that you organize, manage, and present your skills to succeed in a competency-based, competitive job selection? Have you prepared to compete for jobs in the age of AI-powered recruiting? This advanced, project-centered course* is designed for working professionals who want to direct their skill-building activities towards creating powerful, evidence-based, data-driven, and externally verified job applications. When you complete the course, you’ll be able to objectively measure your level of skills acqu

This course empowers researchers to conduct culturally responsive studies by understanding diverse cultures, designing inclusive research, avoiding common pitfalls, and effectively recruiting participants. It emphasizes ethical practices, managing sensitive data, and ensuring positive impacts for marginalized groups, fostering a deeper appreciation for cultural diversity in research.

Once you have hired good employees, the next step that successful people managers take is to develop the full potential of their employees. Performance management is a process that helps managers achieve the goal of getting the best from their employees. In this third course in the Human Resources for People Managers specialization, we will discuss the skills and key processes you will need to develop your employees to attain department and organizational goals. These skills will include setting clear expectations, providing positive and corrective feedback, and delivering an effective pe

This specialization is intended for people interested in health systems and how they function. Participants will learn about the global health systems landscape and the challenges and opportunities to achieve better health outcomes. This specialisation is divided into three courses which are offered as massive online open access courses (Courses 1-3), and a fourth course which is offered as part of the Online MPH degree (capstone). The Health Systems Development specialisation is geared toward learners who have no prior knowledge of health systems or those who are starting to explore this ar

In this project-based course, we will build, train and test a machine learning model to predict employee attrition using features such as employee job satisfaction, distance from work, compensation and performance. We will explore two machine learning algorithms, namely: (1) logistic regression classifier model and (2) Extreme Gradient Boosted Trees (XG-Boost). This project could be effectively applied in any Human Resources department to predict which employees are more likely to quit based on their features. Note: This course works best for learners who are based in the North America regio

This course is designed to introduce the importance of metrics and key performance indicators. We will examine identifying what metrics and KPIs are most important and how to leverage them to implement change and improve processes. • Identify the top metrics measured in recruiting. • Describe key performance indicators (KPIs) related to the recruitment process. • Analyzing your personal KPIs for improvement.

University of Minnesota's specialization on hiring, managing performance, and rewarding employees the right way.

Wharton's data-driven approach to talent management — staffing, collaboration, and performance evaluation with hard data.