Boost Your Employee Management Skills

Course Benefits

• Time-efficient and comprehensive: One training program covers vital HR topics in less than 20 training hours.
• Exceptional instruction: Learn from an HR expert who provides insight and one-on-one guidance.
• Networking and peer interaction: share experiences, discuss topics, and gain real-world insights into HR.
• Stay on track: Structured times, dates and assignments help keep you motivated and on track.
• Expertise from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM): SHRM is the world's largest association and leading advocate for HR professionals.

Designed For

Who can benefit from the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course? Designed as a thorough introduction to HR basics, the SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course provides a solid foundation in human resource management and is effective training across multiple job responsibilities and career paths.

• New and junior HR practitioners who need to increase their knowledge base
• Small business owners or office managers who perform the HR function for their company and business managers who want to learn basic HR best practices to avoid costly litigation
• New or experienced managers interested in learning more about employee management skills
• Representatives selling or supporting HR systems and services
• International HR personnel wishing to increase their knowledge of U.S. HR practices
• Job seekers who are investigating HR as a new career option or want to enhance their resume with HR skills

SHRM Essentials of Human Resources Program

This course will give you a solid overview of the key aspects of HR and provide tools you can immediately put to use in your organization. The content is newly updated with the latest HR regulations, trends and best practices. Case studies, competency connections and SHRM Body of Competencies and Knowledge (SHRM BoCK) principles are incorporated into the material to illustrate how HR helps drive overall business success.

Each SHRM Essentials of Human Resources course participant will receive two printed books.

Participant's Reference Book:

The reference book covers six key human resource topics.

1. Human Resources. Gain a clear understanding of the HR function.
2. Talent Acquisition. Develop important skills for attracting and selecting employees.
3. Total Rewards. Learn the key elements of a total compensation system.
4. Learning and Development. Obtain an understanding of orientation, development, and training.
5. Performance Management. Discover the purpose and process for performance evaluation.
6. Employment Law. Enhance your ability to apply key HR legislation.

The Participant's Activities Book:

The workbook reinforces content and classroom learning.

• Course content slides with notes section
• Application activities

Web-Based Study Tools and Resources

The Web-based tools are designed to support the print materials, provide added opportunities to review and master HR concepts, and gain confidence. The tools are available to all SHRM Essentials of Human Resources program participants.

EVALUATE your current knowledge

• Pre-test to gauge current knowledge
• SmartStudy tool to develop a study plan
• Reports that measure progress

LEARN about key HR topics

• Module-specific test for each module to check mastery of key information
• Glossary of key terms for quick reference
• Resource Center that includes additional resources and reference material

Apply your HR understanding

• Threaded case study featuring real-life scenarios to apply concepts learned throughout the course
• Post-test to assess learning gain
• Certificate of Achievement awarded to those who pass the post-test with a score of 80% or higher

Policies and Processes

Refunds:

The following is the refund policy for courses registered through our Professional and Lifelong Learning Portal (https://american.catalog.instructure.com/).

Learners will be eligible for a refund (minus any non-refundable fees) if they drop a course and request a refund no later than the date the course starts as per the dates in Canvas and/or Canvas Catalog platforms. If a learner registered for a course after the start date, they will be ineligible for a refund.

Learners registered for on-demand courses without a start date will be eligible for a refund if the course is dropped and a refund is requested within 24 hours of registration and when there is no record of page views or participation in the Canvas Platform.

Refund requests will be denied if requested after a course’s start date, 24 hours after registration in the case of on-demand courses without a start date, or when there is a record of page views or participation in the canvas Platform.

Payments and fees:

For payments with credit cards, debit cards or bank accounts, the tuition cost includes a non-refundable 4% administrative fee. In case an eligible refund is requested, the net funds returned will be the tuition minus 4%. 

Notice about AU Non-Credit Courses:

Non-credit courses are not recorded in American University transcripts. No credit is earned from these courses and grades are not posted. Learners enrolled in Non-Credit courses will not receive an AU ID or have access to services and or facilities reserved for AU students. Access to the AU library system will be available to all members of the greater Washington DC area through visitor services. See the link for more information https://www.american.edu/library/services/visitors.cfm