We are already halfway through the year, so why not pick up on new skills to put you up to date with the future of talent and technology?
At Catenon, we have picked flexible courses, from top universities, focused on the world of talent and technology. We have divided them into two categories: courses that you can start now and complete throughout the summer, and courses you can complete before the year ends.
Check out the list of talent courses you can’t miss out on, below.
Summer Talent Trainings
If you have free time this summer, these are some courses that may be of interest to you:
1. Essential New Skills in Recruiting
School: LinkedIn Learning
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 5 hours
Language: English
Format: Online
New skills can lead to new opportunities. According to a recent LinkedIn study, about 25% of LinkedIn members changed jobs from 2015 to 2021 within the same occupation. And by 2025, LinkedIn expects a 40% change. Learn the most up-to-date skills based on LinkedIn data.
In this learning path, you will:
- Identify and explain trending skills needed as a recruiter.
- Discover your bias and explore diversity recruiting.
- Explain talent management best practices.
Sign up here.
2. HR Recruiting Communication Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent
School: LinkedIn Learning
Start date: You decide
Duration: 35 minutes
Language: English
Format: Online
The Great Reshuffle has changed everything about HR communications. In this course, Accredited Public Relations (APR) specialist David Oates shows you how to develop the communication strategies you need to counter the rise in employee turnover rates, navigate the dynamics of the remote workforce, and attract top talent from anywhere in the world. David explains how HR communications now concern the entire company, including the C-suite, and how other departments can become involved in keeping HR communications relevant and effective. He goes over ways employee communications change in the “new normal,” including frequency of communications and how to get more people involved. David covers several tactics for retaining your talent, then discusses ways to attract prospective talent, such as broadening your prospective talent scope, showcasing your “why,” and taking advantage of cross-promoting opportunities.
Sign up here.
3. People Analytics
School: Wharton University of Pennsylvania
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 9 hours
Language: English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Format: Online
People analytics is a data-driven approach to managing people at work. In this brand new course, three of Wharton’s top professors, all pioneers in the field of people analytics, will explore the state-of-the-art techniques used to recruit and retain great people, and demonstrate how these techniques are used at cutting-edge companies. They’ll explain how data and sophisticated analysis are brought to bear on people-related issues, such as recruiting, performance evaluation, leadership, hiring and promotion, job design, compensation, and collaboration. By the end of this course, you’ll understand how and when hard data is used to make soft-skill decisions about hiring and talent development so that you can position yourself as a strategic partner in your company’s talent management decisions.
Sign up here.
4. Managing Talent
School: University of Michigan
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 13 hours
Language: English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Format: Online
In this course, you will learn best practices for selecting, recruiting, and onboarding talent. You will also learn about the key approaches to measuring performance and evaluating your employees. In addition, you will learn how to develop and coach your talent so that they can realize their full potential at work. Altogether, you will gain a thorough understanding of the complete cycle of managing talent and creating a robust talent pipeline for your team and organization. This course will provide you with the insights, frameworks and tools to effectively manage and develop talent in your teams and organizations.
Sign up here.
5. Superbosses: Managing Talent & Leadership
School: Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 18 hours
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Format: Online
How can a company thrive in the long term? It always comes down to people: finding talented people, retaining those people, and doing it continuously. In this course, Professor Sydney Finkelstein will teach participants how to support and leverage their biggest asset, the people around them. By learning to find world-class talent and helping them move forward in their career, you will learn to build success for your organization and yourself. Using examples like the NFL’s Bill Walsh, the Slow Food Movement’s Alice Waters, and fashion’s Ralph Lauren, Professor Finkelstein shows that superbosses can be found across industries and up and down the org chart—and teaches us to find the superboss within.
Sign up here.
6. Human Resources Analytics
School: University of California, Irvine
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 6 hours
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Format: Online
With advances in technology and cloud computing, there are now numerous data sources available to guide decision-making and drive organizational success. Harvesting the right kind of data requires that HR teams possess strong analytical skills; high-performing HR teams know that their function is to leverage data as a “decision science” by identifying metrics and data sources that deliver organizational insights. In order to do so, HR must ensure that metrics and measures are used effectively to achieve strategic goals. This course focuses on identifying effective data sources, developing meaningful metrics, designing long-term measures, and applying results in support of organizational strategy and tactics.
Sign up here.
7. New Technologies for Business Leaders
School: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 19 hours
Language: English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Format: Online
From Blockchain over Artificial Intelligence to Virtual Reality technologies: This course will empower business leaders to embrace the concepts and bring state-of-the-art information technologies into their organizations to improve client and customer engagement and ultimately the bottom line of their businesses. Instead of digital disruption, the new technologies and management methods will become the foundation of a Digital Transformation journey for better customer relationship management and client satisfaction.
This program is intended for:
- High-level business people (and those on their way) who want a broad understanding of new Information Technologies and understand their potential for business functions.
Sign up here.
8. How to Manage a Remote Team
School: GitLab
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 11 hours
Language: English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Format: Online
Remote management is much more than just implementing a work-from-home policy. In this course, you’ll learn and apply remote work best practices, build your remote work policy, and prepare your team for success.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Lead in a remote environment
- Build a remote organizational culture and practices
- Assess teams’ and managers’ readiness and preparation for remote work
- Create a foundational strategy for executing a remote transformation
This program is intended for:
- Current managers, executives, and human resources professionals who want to learn how to lead and support a high-functioning, scalable remote team.
Sign up here.
Talent Trainings Before 2022 Ends
If you are looking to pick up new skills before the year ends, you might want to check out these courses:
9. Talent Management in the Digital Era: Attract the best talent to your company by creating a digital employer brand.
School: IE University
Start date: October 19th, 2022
Duration: 6 weeks (6 – 8 hours/week)
Language: Spanish
Format: Online
Talent Management in the Digital Era is an online program that guarantees the adaptation of participants to the digital environment and the constant change that characterizes it. Its main objective is to provide professionals with the tools and knowledge necessary to develop digital strategies in the area of Human Resources and benefit the most from the digital environment.
Thanks to this program, participants will discover how to develop an employer brand that strengthens employee engagement, how to make the most of their talent and, above all, how to prepare their company to respond to and anticipate technological change.
This program is intended for:
- Managers and professionals in Human Resources and talent management in companies living digitalization.
- Professionals who work in Human Resources and want to update their knowledge.
- Leaders of medium/large teams.
- Entrepreneurs who manage talent using updated tools for more effective management.
Sign up here.
10. Stanford Executive Program: Be a Leader Who Matters
School: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Start date: October 29th, 2022
Duration: Approximately 4 months
Language: English
Format: Hybrid
A one-of-a-kind approach to leadership development and personal growth, the Stanford Executive Program builds off the passion and perspective of our faculty, participants, and environment to help you evolve on a personal level, drive change on an organizational level, and make a difference in the world at large.
You will:
- Explore fresh ways of thinking
- Discover exciting new directions
- Build a global network that will last a lifetime
This program is intended for:
- Senior-level leaders at large companies who are inspired to innovate
- Senior-level leaders at growth companies who are challenged to scale
- Seasoned and influential executives who are motivated to make a difference
Sign up here.
11. Digital Strategies for Business: Creating Value through Technology
School: IE University
Start date: November 2nd, 2022
Duration: 6 weeks (8 hours/week)
Language: English
Format: Online
A traditional approach to business is now redundant. Customer needs have evolved thanks to the digital revolution, and businesses must adapt. During this program, you will analyze digital disruption’s impact through a business lens while gaining insights into how companies capitalize on technology.
This program is intended for:
- Professionals from any area or industry that would like to understand how to apply new digital technologies to gain a competitive advantage.
- Non-IT professionals that want to make strategic management decisions regarding information, technology and innovation.
- Any professional interested in becoming a manager of a wide range of organizational areas, levels and roles.
Sign up here.
12. Human Resource Management: HR for People Managers Specialization
School: University of Minnesota
Start date: You decide
Duration: Approximately 6 months (4 hours/week)
Language: English
Subtitles: English, Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, Korean, German, Russian, Spanish
Format: Online
This specialization provides a robust introduction to the key principles, policies, and practices of human resource management. The specialization begins with a foundational course that considers alternative approaches to managing human resources, provides a background to the U.S. legal context in which employees are hired, fired, rewarded, and managed, and outlines the different reasons that people are motivated to work. The remaining three courses tackle three core areas that all managers should understand: hiring employees, evaluating their performance, and rewarding them. Throughout the courses, an accessible, scientific approach is embraced such that best practices and practical tips are informed by research, but presented in accessible, applied ways.
This program is intended for:
- Managers and entrepreneurs taking on these responsibilities
- Anyone else interested in the fundamental principles of human resource management
Sign up here.
