UCLA Extension winter holiday closure: December 21 through January 1. Learn More

Talent Acquisition

MGMT X 450.2

A successful business requires a high-quality workforce. This course provides the strategies and tools needed to acquire the best talent for your team.

View Course Options
READ MORE ABOUT THIS COURSE
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer
Online
In Person
Starting at $855.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0
View Course Options

What you can learn.

  • Explore the strategies and tools needed to effectively recruit, hire, train, and promote talent in order to meet business goals
  • Develop the skills to write effective job descriptions, and learn the most current methods of recruitment
  • Simulate interviewing techniques
  • Learn about legal regulations, diversity issues, employee onboarding, and outplacements

About this course:

A high-quality workforce is essential to the success of businesses today. This course provides the strategies, concepts and practices essential to the effective selection of personnel to accomplish a business objective, with an emphasis on recruiting, promoting and retaining employees. The course also covers budget development, job descriptions, interviewing techniques, assessment, testing, background investigations, legal requirements, reporting of results to management, employee orientation, outplacement and ethnic diversity issues.
Prerequisites
MGMT X 450 Elements of Human Resources Management or consent of instructor.

Winter 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
-
Tuesday 6:30PM - 9:30PM PT
Available
See Details
Instructor: Mitchell Rufca
400330
Fee:
$855.00
In Personformat icon
Location: UCLA
Updating...
See Details
Notes

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 20, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
No required textbook. Materials will be articles & publications with links provided by the Instructor throughout the course.
Course Syllabus
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Tue Jan 7, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Jan 14, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Jan 21, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Jan 28, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Feb 4, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Feb 11, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Feb 18, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Feb 25, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Mar 4, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Mar 11, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
Lecture
Tue Mar 18, 2025
6:30PM PT - 9:30PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3134
-
This section has no set meeting times.
Available
See Details
Instructor: Jennifer Burns
400331
Fee:
$855.00
Onlineformat icon
Updating...
See Details
Notes

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after January 10, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.
Book: Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting and Orienting New Employees by Diane Arthur
©2020 AMACOM
ISBN 9781400217380
Course Syllabus

Spring 2025 Schedule

Date & Time
Details
Format
 
-
This section has no set meeting times.
Future Offering (Opens February 03, 2025 12:00:00 AM)
See Details
Instructor: Donald B. Burnell
401870
Fee:
$855.00
Onlineformat icon
Updating...
See Details
Notes

Enrollment limited; early enrollment advised. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 13, 2025
Course Requirements
Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

Contact Us

Speak to a program representative. Hours: Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm.
phone-icon 310-206-4271
phone-icon bamcertificate@uclaextension.edu

This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…

Human Resources Management
human-resources-management-ce0298
Ready to start
your future?
By signing up, you agree to UCLA Extension’s Privacy Policy.

vector icon of building

Corporate Education

Learn how we can help your organization meet its professional development goals and corporate training needs.

Learn More

vector icon of building

Donate to UCLA Extension

Support our many efforts to reach communities in need.

Innovation Programs

Student Scholarships

Lifelong Learning

See More