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UPDATE: CERTIFIED TALENT ACQUISITION STRATEGIST® PROGRAM Phase 2

Categories Talent Acquisition

Course Prerequisite(s)

What I will learn?

  • How to analyze a complex, real-world business scenario and identify the hiring, candidate or workforce need behind it
  • How to distinguish the real talent acquisition or readiness gap from what may simply look like a request for more hiring or a new tool
  • How to design a talent acquisition solution that aligns with business priorities and the needs of candidates, new hires and hiring managers
  • How to plan an implementation approach that brings together sourcing, screening, onboarding, hiring-manager involvement, data and technology
  • How to prepare recruiters, hiring managers and stakeholders to adopt and sustain new ways of working through an effective change management approach
  • How to define measurable benefits that go beyond activity to hiring speed, quality, candidate experience, readiness and business results
  • How to apply the CTAS competencies together as an integrated talent acquisition solution, supported by specific evidence and sound reasoning

Course Curriculum

Phase 2 INSTRUCTIONS

  • Instructions for Phase 2
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Phase 2 CASE STUDIES (Choose One)

ASSIGNMENT: PHASE 2 CASE STUDY SUBMISSION

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  • Last Updated
    11/03/2026
  • Enrollment validity
    Enrollment validity: Lifetime
  • Certificate
    Certificate of completion

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RELATED RESOURCES FOR THIS COURSE

  • CTAS Resource Guide
  • CTAS Excellence in Practice Companion Guide
  • Talent Acquisition Progression Model for HR Excellence
  • Excellence in Practice: Adobe - CXO Global Role-Based Onboarding & Readiness
  • Excellence in Practice: Elevance Health - New Associate Experience
  • Excellence in Practice: Lennar - Best Sales Onboarding Project Internet Sales Coordinator
  • Excellence in Practice: Mondelez International & BTS - Best New Hire Onboarding Practice
  • Excellence in Practice: RIL E & P - AI Talent Advisor
  • Excellence in Practice: US Bank - Branch Excellence Training
  • Excellence in Practice: Visa, Inc. - Sales Foundation at Visa

REQUIREMENTS

  • You’ve completed Phase 1. Congratulations! Phase 2 is where you apply the CTAS competencies to a real-world scenario.
  • Review all seven scenarios before choosing one. Each is built from a Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award-winning case study.
  • Use the CTAS Excellence in Practice companion to help you analyze your scenario. Its five lenses (Business Need, Design, Delivery, Governance & Change and Measurable Benefits) closely mirror the five parts of your submission.
  • Complete the Phase 2 submission form by addressing all five areas: identify the business need, design a solution, explain how you would implement it, describe your change management approach and outline the expected benefits.
  • Draw on the CTAS competencies throughout your response, and support your recommendations with specific evidence from the scenario.
  • When your submission is complete, upload it as a Word document to the “Your Written Case Study Submission” lesson for our evaluators to score.
  • Please allow 5 to 7 business days for scoring.
  • You may pause or exit at any time and pick up right where you left off from your Dashboard the next time you sign in.
  • If you have questions at any point, email us at [email protected].
  • Once your Phase 2 submission has been scored and you’ve earned at least 18 of 30 points, you will move on to Phase 3.

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About Course

Phase 2 of the Certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (CTAS) certification moves you from knowing the competencies to applying them. You’ll step into a realistic “what would you do” scenario built from a Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award-winning case study, and you’ll show how a talent acquisition strategist would respond to a real hiring, candidate and workforce challenge.

You’ll begin by reviewing all seven scenarios, drawn from award-winning programs at Adobe, Elevance Health, Lennar, Mondelēz International, Reliance Industries (RIL E&P), U.S. Bank and Visa, and then choose the one you’d like to work on. Using that scenario, you’ll identify the business need, design a solution, explain how you would implement it, describe your change management approach and outline the expected benefits. The CTAS Excellence in Practice companion is an ideal guide for this work, because its five lenses for reading a case closely mirror the five parts of your submission. Our evaluators will review and score your completed submission, and once you pass, you’ll move on to Phase 3.

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