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Recruitment Courses

Recruitment courses can help you learn candidate sourcing, interview techniques, and employer branding strategies. You can build skills in assessing cultural fit, leveraging social media for outreach, and creating effective job descriptions. Many courses introduce tools like applicant tracking systems (ATS), recruitment software, and data analytics platforms, showing how these tools streamline the hiring process and enhance decision-making.


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Popular Recruitment Courses and Certifications


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    Coursera

    GenAI for Talent Acquisition: Smarter Candidate Screening

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Applicant Tracking Systems, Responsible AI, Google Gemini, Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, HR Tech, Generative AI, Microsoft Power Automate/Flow, ChatGPT, Business Process Automation, Automation

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    7 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IBM

    Project Management Job Search, Resume, and Interview Prep

    Skills you'll gain: Interviewing Skills, Professional Networking, Project Management, Applicant Tracking Systems, LinkedIn, Recruitment, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Negotiation, Portfolio Management, Writing and Editing, Verbal Communication Skills

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    105 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Assimilating into Your New Job

    Skills you'll gain: Employee Onboarding, Relationship Building, Planning, Team Oriented, Goal Setting, Expectation Management, Smart Goals, Professionalism, Intercultural Competence, Adaptability, Communication, Business Writing

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    61 reviews

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    University of Pennsylvania

    English for Career Development

    Skills you'll gain: English Language, Vocabulary, Writing, Business Writing, Interviewing Skills, Verbal Communication Skills, Social Skills, Professional Networking, Business Communication, Communication

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    17K reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Learn to Job Search with Indeed

    Skills you'll gain: Job Analysis, Compensation Analysis, Company, Product, and Service Knowledge, Recruitment, Business Research, Research

    4.6
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    36 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Western Australia

    Assessment, Interviewing and Onboarding

    Skills you'll gain: Diversity Awareness, Diversity and Inclusion, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Workplace inclusivity, Recruitment Strategies, Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, Interviewing Skills, Employee Onboarding, Data Collection, Surveys

    3.6
    Rating, 3.6 out of 5 stars
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    28 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)

    Interviewing Best Practices

    Skills you'll gain: Recruitment, Talent Recruitment, Interviewing Skills, Recruitment Strategies, Talent Acquisition, Employee Onboarding, Decision Making, Communication

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    26 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)

    Certificate Overview and Introduction to Recruiting

    Skills you'll gain: Talent Sourcing

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    40 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of London

    The Manager's Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Managing People at Work

    Skills you'll gain: People Management, Conflict Management, Smart Goals, Employee Performance Management, Performance Management, People Development, Performance Appraisal, Leadership, Decision Making, Team Motivation, Compensation Management, Behavioral Economics, Recruitment, Interviewing Skills

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Vanderbilt University

    Generative AI HR Professional

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI, LLM Application, AI Enablement, Human Resources, Management Training And Development, Employee Performance Management, Performance Review, Professional Development, Policy Development, New Hire Orientations, Communication, Communication Planning, Human Development, Recruitment, Interviewing Skills, Talent Recruitment, Policy Analysis

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnKartS

    Generative AI for Recruiters and HR Professionals

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Prompt Patterns, Responsible AI, Talent Acquisition, Compliance Management, Human Resources, HR Tech, Generative AI, Performance Review, Generative AI Agents, ChatGPT, Human Capital, Workforce Planning, AI Workflows, Employee Onboarding, Employee Engagement, Large Language Modeling

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Professional HRM Mastery

    Skills you'll gain: Succession Planning, Performance Appraisal, Responsible AI, Negotiation, Human Resource Strategy, Culture Transformation, Applicant Tracking Systems, Performance Review, Talent Management, Strategic Leadership, Employee Engagement, Business Transformation, Organizational Development, Conflict Management, Employee Retention, Compensation Management, Workforce Planning, Performance Management, Generative AI, Employee Onboarding

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular recruitment courses

  • GenAI for Talent Acquisition: Smarter Candidate Screening: Coursera
  • Project Management Job Search, Resume, and Interview Prep: IBM
  • Assimilating into Your New Job: Coursera
  • English for Career Development: University of Pennsylvania
  • Learn to Job Search with Indeed: Coursera
  • Assessment, Interviewing and Onboarding: University of Western Australia
  • Interviewing Best Practices: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
  • Certificate Overview and Introduction to Recruiting: Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
  • The Manager's Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Managing People at Work: University of London
  • Generative AI HR Professional: Vanderbilt University

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