HRAC CE05 - HR Essentials for Non-HR Professionals

This practical, full-day course introduces essential human resource strategies tailored for supervisors, team leads, and professionals who manage people but don’t have formal HR training.

Participants will gain actionable tools to improve retention, recruitment, performance, and onboarding—while navigating current labour market trends and workplace realities.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply people-first strategies to retain and empower staff
  • Write effective job specifications and conduct values-aligned interviews
  • Onboard new hires in ways that build engagement and reduce turnover
  • Understand key HR responsibilities and where manager roles begin and end
  • Develop a personalized action plan to strengthen team performance and retention
Who should enroll

This 1-day course is designed for individuals who manage people but don’t have formal HR training. It’s a great fit for:

  • Supervisors and team leads who support staff day to day
  • Managers responsible for hiring, onboarding, or performance conversations
  • New people leaders building confidence in HR-related tasks
  • Professionals in organizations without a dedicated HR team
  • Anyone looking to improve retention, engagement, and team performance
Duration and format

Duration                 7.5 hours

Format                     In person, synchronous

Withdrawals and refunds
NON-CREDIT COURSE REFUND POLICY


Withdrawal 7 days prior to course start time: Full Refund
Withdrawal after 7 days: No Refund

Please refer to the Tuition Refund policy.

This policy applies to all students taking credit courses at Yukon University and all noncredit students taking courses through the Continuing Studies division with Yukon University

HRAC CE05
CRN Instructional method Instructor Location Start date Seats available* Cost
90473 Face-to-face Synchronous Whitehorse (Ayamdigut)
16
Cost: $299.00
Tax: $14.95
Class schedule
Start date End date Room Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Classroom - Face to Face C1440 - - - 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM - - -

* seats available are updated nightly

Note regarding courses with listed prerequisites: Depending on the circumstances, students may be granted permission from a program advisor or the course instructor to enrol for courses in which they do not have the specified prerequisites.

Please quote the Course Reference Number (CRN) when contacting registration.