UPDATE: CERTIFIED TALENT ACQUISITION STRATEGIST® PROGRAM – Phase 1

Categories Talent Acquisition

What I will learn?

  • How to lead talent acquisition projects with clear communication, strong organization and productive collaboration across functions and stakeholders
  • How to apply design thinking and structured ideation to recruiting challenges, and develop talent acquisition strategies that align with business priorities and deliver measurable outcomes
  • How to use talent acquisition data and analytical reasoning to evaluate pipelines, diagnose process issues and support evidence-informed decisions
  • How to diagnose the real hiring problem through problem solving and critical thinking, and partner with business leaders as a consultant using business acumen to connect hiring decisions to business value
  • How to create adaptable hiring frameworks, build talent pipelines ahead of demand and broaden access to opportunity through inclusive, job-relevant hiring practices
  • How to design onboarding and new-hire transitions that turn accepted offers into confident, productive employees
  • How to anticipate workforce demand and talent supply through workforce planning and talent intelligence, and design sourcing and screening practices that support sound, skills-based hiring decisions
  • How to create candidate experiences that are clear, respectful, accessible and consistent with the employer promise
  • How to ensure trustworthy data, lead TA technology adoption, including AI, with appropriate governance and human oversight, and manage partners and vendors so they support your talent acquisition strategy
  • How to strengthen employer brand, the talent value proposition and hiring-manager capability to build a stronger recruiting culture

Course Curriculum

Overview

  • Introduction to Competencies
  • Helpful Resource: CTAS Resource Guide
  • Helpful Resource: Excellence in Practice

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

MODELING & DELIVERY SKILLS

PERFORMANCE SKILLS

STRATEGIC SKILLS

PROCESS SKILLS

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ENVIRONMENTAL SKILLS

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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

  • The CTAS Certification Program is a three-phase certification program, and the phases must be completed in order. This is Phase 1.
  • Phase 1 covers all seven skill areas and 24 CTAS competencies. You may complete the lessons in any order, but you must complete every lesson in Phase 1 before moving on to Phase 2.
  • 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.
  • Be sure to review the Important Resources for this Course, including the CTAS Resource Guide and the CTAS Excellence in Practice companion. You’ll refer to them again in Phases 2 and 3.
  • The last page of each lesson is a quiz. You must pass each quiz with a minimum score of 75%, and you have three attempts.
  • After each attempt, you’ll see your score. To maintain certification integrity, we do not reveal which questions you answered correctly or incorrectly, and correct answers are not provided.
  • If you don’t reach 75% in three attempts, you may request a quiz reset, which gives you three more attempts. To request a reset, email us at [email protected]. We respond as quickly as possible, but requests received after our business day may be answered the next business day.
  • Once you have completed all Phase 1 lessons and passed each quiz, you will move on to Phase 2.

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About Course

The Certified Talent Acquisition Strategist (CTAS) certification from Brandon Hall Group prepares talent acquisition professionals for the expanded role TA now plays in the enterprise. Talent acquisition leaders are no longer expected simply to fill open positions. They are expected to anticipate workforce needs, reach the right talent, make sound hiring decisions, create strong candidate experiences and build workforce readiness that supports business strategy. At the same time, AI and intelligent technologies are reshaping how organizations source, assess and communicate with candidates, bringing new opportunities and new responsibilities. The CTAS framework draws on Brandon Hall Group’s more than 30 years of human capital research and defines 24 competencies organized into seven skill groups: Leadership, Modeling & Delivery, Performance, Strategic, Process, Technical and Environmental Skills.

The course pairs the CTAS Resource Guide with the Excellence in Practice companion. The companion brings each competency to life through seven Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award-winning programs from Adobe, Elevance Health, Lennar, Mondelēz International, Reliance Industries (RIL E&P), U.S. Bank and Visa. You’ll move from understanding each competency’s definition, to recognizing it in real hiring, onboarding and candidate solutions, to applying it in your own organization. The certification is completed in three phases. Phase 1 assesses your knowledge of all seven skill groups and 24 competencies through scenario-based questions. Phases 2 and 3 ask you to demonstrate your command of the competencies through case study work, first with an award-winning scenario and then with one from your own organization.

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