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Certification in Talent Acquisition

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CERTIFIED IN TALENT

ACQUISITION

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CERTIFIED IN TALENT ACQUISITION

Courseware and Certification

This certification is designed for talent acquisition professionals who aspire to lead full cycle recruiting, from attraction to placement. Participants learn to optimize the candidate experience while steadily moving the right candidates forward in the process. They learn strategies for appropriate messaging, engaging the right stakeholders, and optimizing time to hire. HCG certified talent acquisition professionals have a track record of a shorter ramp-up time in learning a company’s talent acquisition processes, as well as in yielding high-quality candidates.

Core Competencies 1. Develop a talent acquisition strategy that efficiently leads to the

“best-fitting” candidates.

2. Leverage social media to attract a diverse candidate pool and

manage a passive candidate pool.

3. Design hiring process for high-volume hiring, and high-touch, high

stakes hiring.

4. Gain awareness of the predictors of job success and hiring tools

available in the marketplace.

5. Align solutions with the business strategy and gain buy-in from

across stakeholders

6. Drive outcomes using the evidence and metrics

Expert's View

"HCG’s certification courses are a great way to train your HR staff, worldwide. Their evidence-based programs really help move people from a transactional to a change-oriented skill set."

Dr. Bob Lee

Former CEO,

Center for Creative Leadership

Testimonial:

“As a recent employee in the talent management field, I promise you that the methods and concepts discussed in our certification program is not only relevant but extremely practical in bringing creative solutions to real organizational problems.”

Jessica Cha, Talent Acquisition, Workday HCG Certified CTMS

Technical Competencies 1. Foundations of Integrated Talent Management

2. Talent Acquisition

3. Employee selection

Who should Attend

This product is best suited for those involved in building a candidate

pool, attracting the right candidate, and screening candidates to

ensure job and organizational fit.

1. Recruiting/ Talent Acquisition managers

2. Recruiters/ Talent Acquisition professionals

3. HR Generalists

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The Learning Process Participants may enroll as individuals or as part of a company cohort. Periodically, HCG run open cohorts where individuals from multiple organizations learn simultaneously. Our goal is to provide a flexible learning environment with sufficient structure where participants have learning milestones and a set duration to accomplish their learning goals. All learning content is hosted on our digital learning platform. The learning content is presented in the form of modularized interactive lessons. Our digital learning platform offers multiple avenues for learning, including games, discussion boards, wikis, and office hours with mentors. All live events are held virtually on our conferencing platform. Participants may engage in their learning from anywhere in the world guided by world class instructors. Our client success methodology ensures that all participants make progress and achieve high levels of learning outcomes. Certification Process After completing their learning, participants are required to demonstrate knowledge proficiency, as well as skill proficiency. There are two important requirements to achieve the certified status 1. Achieving 70% or higher in the certification exam. Topics include

Foundations of Integrated Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, and Employee Selection.

2. Successfully complete project assignments in each of the three

talent management practices listed above.

Hosted on HCG's Social Learning Platform

24X7 access

Interactive lessons

Assessments with feedback

Real world assignments with

feedback

Games and Mindmaps

Moderated Discussion forums

Live case study analyses

Mentor support

Global peer network

Quick Facts

Step-by-step guide on each

talent management practice

Multiple downloadable tools

and forms

Scientific backing from more

than 500 studies

Use curriculum for HR

education or as a reference

tool

Advance HR careers with multiple Certifications options

Note about the certification exam To ensure relevance to current industry practices, we collaborate with a number of experts to create the certification exam. Our current certification exam review panel includes talent management experts from the following organizations. 1. Abbot 2. CEB SHL (now Gartner) 3. Facebook 4. Hay Group 5. J. P. Morgan Chase 6. Marriott

7. Safeway 8. San Diego Gas & Electric 9. Twitter 10. Wells Fargo 11. Workday

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Course Outlines

Foundations of Talent Management

This course is designed to help learners understand the importance of talent management practices in driving organizational, team, and individual outcomes. This is a foundational course and required for completing all HCG certifications. It introduces the various components of a talent management system broadly captured under the pillars of hiring, managing, developing, and supporting employees. It explains the interdependencies in driving outcomes and provides an introduction to high-performance work systems. The career track of a talent management professional is explained. Learners gain familiarity with industry practices in talent management and variation across segments.

Performance objectives 1. Conduct a TM system effectiveness audit

2. Identify opportunities for integrating TM processes to meet a business need

3. Assist in the recruitment of evidence based TM professionals

4. Identify gaps in TM practices compared to industry benchmarks

Learning Objectives 1. What is talent management?

2. What is the business case for talent management?

3. How do organizations benefit from talent management?

4. Characteristics of a high impact integrated talent management system

5. Evidence based talent management and its importance

6. Careers in talent management

7. Industry practices in talent management

Lesson Outline

1. What is talent management (TM)?

2. Role of TM in organizations (business case)

3. A business case for TM

4. Most pressing talent concerns

5. Challenges with current practices in TM

6. Characteristics of a highly effective TM systems

7. Important concepts in TM

8. Traditional human resources vs. Talent management

9. Components of a TM system

10. Evidence-based talent management (EBTM)

11. Operating as an evidence-based TM professional

12. Careers in talent management

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13. Role of ethics and integrity in the practice of talent management

14. Industry specific practices in talent management

15. High-performance work systems

16. Evidence on effective TM practices

Talent Acquisition

This course covers the most essential talent acquisition practices for attracting the right candidates to the organization. It develops skills for building a compelling employer brand, developing realistic job previews, and using social media for building a candidate pool. The course includes an evidence-based framework of all the elements that must be addressed to successfully take the right candidates forward in the talent acquisition process. It includes a list of metrics and the calculations behind them for tracking the effectiveness of the talent acquisition process.

Performance objectives 1. Outline the key processes required to build a talent acquisition system

2. Draft a talent acquisition strategy by engaging stakeholders

3. Develop material for the talent acquisition process

4. Write a realistic job preview

5. Support the development of an employer brand 6. Conduct activities to promote the employer brand

7. Select the most appropriate talent acquisition method

8. Assist in using social media for talent acquisition

9. Evaluate the efficacy of the talent acquisition methodology

Learning Objectives 1. The importance of a strategic talent acquisition program

2. Role of talent acquisition in a TM system

3. Validated models for influencing TA outcomes

4. The steps in the talent acquisition process

5. Differentiate between talent acquisition and recruiting

6. What is an employer branding and how to create one

7. Leveraging the applicant attraction model to develop a holistic TA strategy

8. Various methods building a candidate pool

9. The use of social media in talent acquisition

10. Importance of realistic job previews and how to create one

11. The evidence on effective talent acquisition practices

Lesson Outline 1. Talent acquisition vs. Recruiting

2. Importance of talent acquisition in organizations

3. Important concepts

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4. Recruiting at McDonalds

5. Role of talent acquisition within a TM system

6. Best practices in talent acquisition

7. Steps in the talent acquisition process

8. Stakeholders and needs

9. Employer branding

10. Applicant attraction model

11. Talent acquisition methods

12. Use of social media in talent acquisition

13. Creating a realistic job preview

14. Talent acquisition metrics

15. Effective recruitment practices - the research evidence

16. Special Cases: Recruiting women, minorities, leaders, STEM careers,

innovation; and Outsourcing recruiting

Employee Selection

This course covers the science and practices of screening candidates, also known as employee selection. This is an area that is gaining importance in organization because of the need to make accurate decisions about talent while being fair and unbiased. The course develops vocabulary and understanding on the comprehensive set of attributes that must be assessed to predict job performance effectively. It covers methodology for screening candidates at various levels while minimizing the burden on the recruiters and the hiring manager.

Performance objectives 1. Support the design of multiple hurdles based candidate screening process

2. Support the administration of an employee selection system

3. Gather requirements of the target job

4. Write a realistic job preview

5. Assist in the selection of assessments for screening job candidates 6. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the employee selection system

Learning Objectives 1. Goals of high impact hiring system

2. Important concepts related to hiring

3. An example of an effective selection process

4. Steps in developing an effective hiring process

5. Tools and methods used in the hiring processes

6. Considerations for assessing the quality of a hiring process

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Lesson Outline 1. Goals and purpose of a hiring process

2. Value proposition: benefits of a high impact hiring system

3. Not all hiring systems are created equal

4. Measuring person-job fit

5. Measuring person organization (p-o) fit

6. Important concepts

7. Design of high impact selection system

8. The critical incident technique

9. Important features of the multiple hurdles approach

10. Predictors of job performance

11. Validity of various assessment method/predictors of job performance

12. Steps to incorporate assessments into the selection process

13. Candidate comparison in a compensatory system

14. Steps in designing a selection system

15. Evaluating the selection system

16. Examples of selection system business impact

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About Human Capital Growth Human Capital Growth (HCG) is a premier talent management firm that helps

organizations achieve better outcomes using science, analytics, and empathy.

HCG offers products and services that promote talent management excellence

and leadership excellence. HCG’s talent management academy now offers 12

learning and certification options to grow strategic HR skills. This blended

solution is perfect for busy professionals desiring to build deep and market-

relevant skills. Organization such as Ecolab, General Mills, Merck, Microsoft,

Polaris, Red Cross, Toyota Financial Services, and the UNICEF have benefited

from HCG's services. Clients who partnered with us to develop evidence-based

talent management solutions have achieved outstanding results, such as

improving talent acquisition success rate from 7:1 to 2:1 (candidate to hire

ratio), minimizing risks of bad hires in leadership positions, and 30 to 50 percent

knowledge gains in their HR teams.

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