[Free] Starting Your Career In Human Resources
A practical, beginner-friendly roadmap to launching a successful career in Human Resources
Requirements
- No prior HR experience is required. This course is designed for complete beginners.
- A general interest in people, workplaces, or starting an HR career is helpful but not required.
- Basic computer skills and the ability to access online materials (worksheets, quizzes, videos).
- Optional: A notebook or digital document for reflections, career planning, and worksheet activities.
Description
Human Resources plays a critical role in shaping workplace culture, supporting employees, and driving business success, yet many people aren’t sure how to break into the field or what HR professionals actually do day to day.
In Starting Your Career in Human Resources, you’ll gain a clear, structured understanding of the HR function and the many career paths within it. This course is designed for aspiring HR professionals, career changers, students, and early-career practitioners who want to build a strong foundation and confidently step into the HR field.
Led by Jessica Rivera, SPHR, founder of AlignHR and an experienced HR leader, this course goes beyond theory. You’ll learn how HR has evolved, why it’s essential to both businesses and employees, and how HR professionals support the entire employment lifecycle, from hiring and onboarding to development, retention, and offboarding.
You’ll also explore modern HR roles and specialties, foundational topics such as compliance, ethics, and HR technology, and current trends shaping the future of HR, including analytics and artificial intelligence. Throughout the course, you’ll apply what you learn through short quizzes and worksheets that help you reflect, connect concepts to real-world scenarios, and build your own HR career roadmap.
By the end of this course, you’ll have the clarity, confidence, and practical insight needed to pursue an HR role, speak confidently about HR concepts, and understand how to add value in today’s workplaces.
Author(s): Jessica Rivera, SPHR
