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HR Fundamentals Certification

What an HR team actually does all week: hiring, onboarding, leave, policies, exits and the paperwork in between.

  • 3 hrs
  • 6 modules
  • 12 lessons
  • 4 quizzes + final test

About this course

Most people learn HR on the job, one awkward situation at a time. This course gives you the whole picture first: what an HR team is responsible for, how hiring and onboarding should run, what goes into a policy, and how an employee leaves the company cleanly.

Every lesson is tied to something you will do in your first months in HR, from collecting joining documents to calculating a full and final settlement. You finish with templates and checklists you can reuse at work.

Ideal for HR freshers MBA (HR) students Founders handling HR Admin staff moving into HR

What you’ll learn

  • Explain what each part of an HR team does and how they fit together
  • Run a hiring process from job request to signed offer letter
  • Plan an onboarding week that new joiners remember for the right reasons
  • Draft leave, attendance and conduct policies in plain language
  • Read a salary structure and spot common payroll mistakes
  • Handle resignations, notice periods and F&F settlements correctly
  • 3 hrs of short lessons
  • 4 quizzes and a final test
  • Phone and laptop, pick up anytime
  • Shareable certificate for LinkedIn

Course content

6 modules · 12 lessons · 3 hrs total

01 What HR actually does 2 lessons · 26 min
  1. The HR team’s job in a growing company 12 min
  2. HR roles explained: generalist, HRBP and specialist 14 min
02 Hiring and joining 3 lessons · 45 min
  1. From job request to offer letter 16 min
  2. Documents to collect on day one 14 min
  3. Onboarding that makes people stay 15 min
03 Policies and attendance 2 lessons · 31 min
  1. Writing an HR policy people will actually read 15 min
  2. Leave, attendance and holidays 16 min
04 Pay and compliance basics 2 lessons · 31 min
  1. Reading a salary structure: CTC, gross and net 16 min
  2. The compliance calendar for a small company 15 min
05 Employee relations and exits 2 lessons · 32 min
  1. Handling grievances and warnings 15 min
  2. Resignations, notice period and F&F settlement 17 min
06 Putting it together 1 lesson · 15 min
  1. Your first 30 days in an HR role 15 min
Final test and certificate Pass the final test to unlock your certificate

Earn a certificate you can share

Finish the lessons, pass the final test, and your certificate is ready to download straight away. It carries your name, the course title and a unique certificate ID.

  • Add it to the Licences & Certifications section on LinkedIn
  • Attach it to your resume or job applications
  • Download it again any time from your account

Frequently Asked Questions

The questions people ask us most before they start their first free HR course.

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Yes. Every course, every lesson and the certificate at the end are free. You only need to register with your name and email so we can save your progress and put your name on the certificate.

You do. Finish the lessons, pass the final quiz, and you can download a certificate in your name straight away. Most learners add it to their resume and the Licences & Certifications section of LinkedIn.

Between two and four hours in total, split into short lessons of 10 to 20 minutes. You can stop at any point and pick up where you left off, on your phone or laptop.

No. The courses teach HR, not a product. Where a lesson shows a tool, it is there as an example, and everything we teach works with whatever software, or spreadsheet, your company uses.

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