

Human Resources Certificates
Overview And Certificates
People are any organization’s most valuable asset. eCornell’s Human Resources certificate programs focus on innovative strategies for empowering teams, recruiting top talent, and fostering positive cultures. Learn the language and processes of modern HR, from workforce management to inclusive practices. Explore actionable tools to create environments where every team member thrives. Whether you’re improving operations or driving strategic impact, these programs equip HR professionals to shape the future of work.
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- Human Resources Management
- Labor Relations
- Employee Relations and Investigations
- Human Resources Essentials
- Strategic Human Resources Leadership
- Employment Law
- HR Analytics
- Conflict Resolution
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for HR
- Recruiting and Talent Acquisition
- Compensation and Benefits
- Compliance Systems
- HR Transformation
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Building a Diverse Workforce
- Professional Mediation
- Executive Compensation Fundamentals
- Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
- Hybrid Work Strategy
- Aligning Employee Performance with Organizational Goals
- Navigating Labor Relations
- Facilitating Staffing Decisions
- Driving Engagement for HR
- Employee Training and Development
- Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR
- Fostering a Coaching Culture
- Consulting Skills for Internal HR
- Global professionals from for-profits, NGOs, and governmental agencies
- Line-level HR professionals with 0-5 years experience
- Aspiring HR professionals
- Conducting Effective Employee Relations Conversations
- Internal Investigation Fundamentals
- Conducting Internal Investigation Interviews
- Investigating Internal Complaint Issues
- Concluding an Internal Investigation
- HR professionals
- Employee relations managers
- Generalists seeking to move into a specialized role
- Aligning Employee Performance with Organizational Goals
- Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR
- Fostering a Coaching Culture
- Addressing Workplace Behavior Issues
- Global professionals from for-profits, NGOs, and governmental agencies
- Line-level HR professionals
- Anyone who performs HR functions
- Aspiring HR professionals
- Human Resources Leadership
- Aligning HR Strategy with Organizational Strategy
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practice for HR
- Getting Results Through Talent Management
- Strategic Engagement
- Strategic Talent Analytics
- HR Managers
- HR Directors / Supervisors
- Employment Law and Policy Issues
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Treatment Issues
- Benefits, Compensation, Safety, and Other Legal Issues
- Employment Laws Around the Globe
- HR Policies in International Contexts
- HR managers and executives in any industry
- HR professionals seeking to develop an area of specialization
- HR leaders expanding into the global market
- Legal professionals
- Global HR leaders
- Essentials of HR Analytics
- Strategic Talent Analytics
- Applied Predictive Analytics in HR
- Valuing HR Initiatives
- HR Associates, Managers and Directors
- Analysts
- CHROs and VPs of HR
- Diagnosing Workplace Conflict
- Applying a Problem-Solving Approach to Conflict
- Leading Challenging Conversations
- Leading Across Cultures
- Addressing Workplace Behavior Issues
- Mediation for Managers
Anyone managing teams, supervising employees, and interacting in professional settings who needs to more effectively resolve conflict.
- Driving Engagement for HR
- Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practice for HR
- Fostering an Inclusive Climate
- Disability at Work
- Neurodiversity at Work
- Strategic Engagement
- Fostering a Coaching Culture
- HR professionals
- Facilitating Staffing Decisions
- Attracting and Retaining Talent with Performance Pay
- Getting Results Through Talent Management
- Measuring and Compensating for Performance
- Hiring managers
- Talent recruiters
- HR professionals
- Professionals looking to move into HR or talent acquisition
- Total Rewards Compensation
- Designing and Managing Compensation Structures
- Benchmarking Competitive Pay Levels
- Introduction to Employee Benefits
- Human resources professionals
- Compensation and benefits specialists
- Operational and financial decision makers
- Governments/nonprofits interested in pay-for-performance
- Rule Systems as Designed Systems
- Rule Design
- Rule System Training
- Policing of Rule Systems
- Investigation of Rule System Violations
- Responding to Violations and Improving the Rule System
- HR professionals
- Compliance officers
- Finance and accounting professionals
- Health and safety managers
- Process control professionals
- Operations professionals
- Lawyers and legal professionals
- Aligning HR Strategy with Organizational Strategy
- Consulting Skills for Internal HR
- Strategic Talent Analytics
- Using Design Thinking in HR
- Creating and Sustaining Remote-Work Programs
- CEOs and business executives who work with HR leaders
- CHROs and executive-level HR professionals
- HR managers and directors
- HR professionals seeking to advance to management positions
- Building Diverse Talent Pools
- Adopting Inclusive Hiring Practices
- Promoting Inclusive Onboarding and Employee Success
- Counteracting Unconscious Bias
- Workplace Belonging Symposium LIVE
- Managers responsible for hiring decisions
- Employees involved with candidate sourcing, screening, assessment, and decision making
- Senior leaders and other individuals who oversee strategies, policies, and practices related to the workforce
- HR professionals
- Aspiring HR managers
- Recruiters
- Becoming a Mediator: The Business Plan
- Ethics in Mediation and Arbitration
- Employment Law Mediator Training
- Mediators and those aspiring to build a career in mediation
- Arbitrators
- Attorneys and lawyers
- Independent consultants
- Union representatives and labor relations professionals
- HR professionals
- Entrepreneurs who want to mediate
- Recent graduates interested in becoming mediators/arbitrators
- Anyone looking to start their own practice as a mediation/dispute resolution professional
- Public Regulation of Human Rights
- Private Regulation of Human Rights
- Improving Regulation of Human Rights
- Human Rights in Global Supply Chains - Live Sessions
- Executives in global organizations
- Corporate Social Responsibility professionals
- Consultants
- Lawyers
- Professionals at NGOs or social auditing firms/investment funds
- Team members from Sustainability Departments or Multi-stakeholder institutions
- Hybrid Work Models
- Fostering Productivity and Culture in Hybrid Teams
- Managing and Leading Hybrid Teams
- Maximizing Communication and Collaboration in a Hybrid Environment
- Individuals managing a team, including a hybrid team
- Individual contributors working in a hybrid environment
- Department, team, and unit leaders
- HR professionals
- Consultants and advisors
- Aligning Employee Performance with Organizational Goals
- Navigating Labor Relations
- Facilitating Staffing Decisions
- Driving Engagement for HR
- Employee Training and Development
- Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR
- Fostering a Coaching Culture
- Consulting Skills for Internal HR
- Global professionals from for-profits, NGOs, and governmental agencies
- Line-level HR professionals with 0-5 years experience
- Aspiring HR professionals
- Conducting Effective Employee Relations Conversations
- Internal Investigation Fundamentals
- Conducting Internal Investigation Interviews
- Investigating Internal Complaint Issues
- Concluding an Internal Investigation
- HR professionals
- Employee relations managers
- Generalists seeking to move into a specialized role
- Aligning Employee Performance with Organizational Goals
- Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR
- Fostering a Coaching Culture
- Addressing Workplace Behavior Issues
- Global professionals from for-profits, NGOs, and governmental agencies
- Line-level HR professionals
- Anyone who performs HR functions
- Aspiring HR professionals
- Human Resources Leadership
- Aligning HR Strategy with Organizational Strategy
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practice for HR
- Getting Results Through Talent Management
- Strategic Engagement
- Strategic Talent Analytics
- HR Managers
- HR Directors / Supervisors
- Employment Law and Policy Issues
- Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Treatment Issues
- Benefits, Compensation, Safety, and Other Legal Issues
- Employment Laws Around the Globe
- HR Policies in International Contexts
- HR managers and executives in any industry
- HR professionals seeking to develop an area of specialization
- HR leaders expanding into the global market
- Legal professionals
- Global HR leaders
- Essentials of HR Analytics
- Strategic Talent Analytics
- Applied Predictive Analytics in HR
- Valuing HR Initiatives
- HR Associates, Managers and Directors
- Analysts
- CHROs and VPs of HR
- Diagnosing Workplace Conflict
- Applying a Problem-Solving Approach to Conflict
- Leading Challenging Conversations
- Leading Across Cultures
- Addressing Workplace Behavior Issues
- Mediation for Managers
Anyone managing teams, supervising employees, and interacting in professional settings who needs to more effectively resolve conflict.
- Driving Engagement for HR
- Countering Bias in the Workplace for HR
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Practice for HR
- Fostering an Inclusive Climate
- Disability at Work
- Neurodiversity at Work
- Strategic Engagement
- Fostering a Coaching Culture
- HR professionals
- Facilitating Staffing Decisions
- Attracting and Retaining Talent with Performance Pay
- Getting Results Through Talent Management
- Measuring and Compensating for Performance
- Hiring managers
- Talent recruiters
- HR professionals
- Professionals looking to move into HR or talent acquisition
- Total Rewards Compensation
- Designing and Managing Compensation Structures
- Benchmarking Competitive Pay Levels
- Introduction to Employee Benefits
- Human resources professionals
- Compensation and benefits specialists
- Operational and financial decision makers
- Governments/nonprofits interested in pay-for-performance
- Rule Systems as Designed Systems
- Rule Design
- Rule System Training
- Policing of Rule Systems
- Investigation of Rule System Violations
- Responding to Violations and Improving the Rule System
- HR professionals
- Compliance officers
- Finance and accounting professionals
- Health and safety managers
- Process control professionals
- Operations professionals
- Lawyers and legal professionals
- Aligning HR Strategy with Organizational Strategy
- Consulting Skills for Internal HR
- Strategic Talent Analytics
- Using Design Thinking in HR
- Creating and Sustaining Remote-Work Programs
- CEOs and business executives who work with HR leaders
- CHROs and executive-level HR professionals
- HR managers and directors
- HR professionals seeking to advance to management positions
- Building Diverse Talent Pools
- Adopting Inclusive Hiring Practices
- Promoting Inclusive Onboarding and Employee Success
- Counteracting Unconscious Bias
- Workplace Belonging Symposium LIVE
- Managers responsible for hiring decisions
- Employees involved with candidate sourcing, screening, assessment, and decision making
- Senior leaders and other individuals who oversee strategies, policies, and practices related to the workforce
- HR professionals
- Aspiring HR managers
- Recruiters
- Becoming a Mediator: The Business Plan
- Ethics in Mediation and Arbitration
- Employment Law Mediator Training
- Mediators and those aspiring to build a career in mediation
- Arbitrators
- Attorneys and lawyers
- Independent consultants
- Union representatives and labor relations professionals
- HR professionals
- Entrepreneurs who want to mediate
- Recent graduates interested in becoming mediators/arbitrators
- Anyone looking to start their own practice as a mediation/dispute resolution professional
- Public Regulation of Human Rights
- Private Regulation of Human Rights
- Improving Regulation of Human Rights
- Human Rights in Global Supply Chains - Live Sessions
- Executives in global organizations
- Corporate Social Responsibility professionals
- Consultants
- Lawyers
- Professionals at NGOs or social auditing firms/investment funds
- Team members from Sustainability Departments or Multi-stakeholder institutions
- Hybrid Work Models
- Fostering Productivity and Culture in Hybrid Teams
- Managing and Leading Hybrid Teams
- Maximizing Communication and Collaboration in a Hybrid Environment
- Individuals managing a team, including a hybrid team
- Individual contributors working in a hybrid environment
- Department, team, and unit leaders
- HR professionals
- Consultants and advisors

Human Resources Management
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $5,400 | |

Labor Relations
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $0 | |

Employee Relations and Investigations
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,900 | |

Human Resources Essentials
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,600 | |

Strategic Human Resources Leadership
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,600 | |

Employment Law
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,600 | |

HR Analytics
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,600 | |

Conflict Resolution
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $2,400 | |

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for HR
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,600 | |

Recruiting and Talent Acquisition
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,600 | |

Compensation and Benefits
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,750 | |

Compliance Systems
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,900 | |

HR Transformation
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,600 | |

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Building a Diverse Workforce
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,900 | |

$3,295
Professional Mediation
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,295 |

Executive Compensation Fundamentals
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $0 | |

$2,500
Human Rights in Global Supply Chains
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $2,500 |

Hybrid Work Strategy
| Select Payment Method | Cost |
|---|---|
| $3,750 | |
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