HR & Recruitment Basics
Understand how hiring and people processes work in European companies and prepare for an HR or recruitment assistant role.
Your Readiness Proof
A full recruitment file for one role — job ad, screening criteria, interview guide, candidate scorecard and onboarding plan — reviewed by your mentor.
Who this is for
- Career changers aiming for HR or recruitment roles
- Office professionals who support hiring
- Small-business owners hiring their first employees
Better to start elsewhere
- People who need employment-law advice for a specific case — contact an employment lawyer
What you will be able to do
- Write inclusive, clear job ads
- Screen CVs fairly against criteria
- Run structured interviews
- Organise onboarding
- Handle candidate data in line with data-protection rules
Modules and lessons
1HR in Europe
3 lessons
- HR roles
- Employment basics
- Working with managers
2Attracting candidates
3 lessons
- Job ads
- Channels
- Employer brand
3Selection
3 lessons
- Screening
- Structured interviews
- Scorecards
4Onboarding
3 lessons
- First day
- First 90 days
- Feedback
5Data and fairness
3 lessons
- Data protection
- Equal treatment
- Records
Your mentor
An HR business partner or recruiter with hiring experience in Europe.
A course mentor reviews your assignments within three business days, and you have 2 one-to-one calls. Weekly group clinic. A coordinator keeps your plan on track, and messages are answered within one business day.
Your result tracker
Every week your tracker shows what is done, what is next and what your mentor said. Your coordinator checks in if a checkpoint slips.
- Week 1 · CheckpointHR in Europe
- Week 2 · CheckpointAttracting candidates
- Week 3 · CheckpointSelection
- Week 4 · CheckpointOnboarding
- Week 5 · CheckpointData and fairness
- Week 6Readiness Proof submitted and reviewed
- After the course+30 days: post-course follow-up
After the course
30 days of post-course mentor support: send one updated version of your result for review and ask follow-up questions. 12 months of access to materials and monthly alumni clinics for three months.
Format and time
Video lessons, practical assignments with written feedback, weekly live clinic and a final project. 4 hours a week.
Requirements
A laptop or desktop computer, a stable internet connection and about 4 hours a week.
Certificate
Certificate of Achievement, issued when your final project passes review.
This is a MAKE ME FIT certificate with a public verification link. It is not a state qualification or a professional licence.