SYLLABUS

HR Data Analyst

By analyzing HR data you take the first steps towards

Self-paced determining the impact of people related policies on your
online course organization’s bottom line. Learn to aggregate, clean, and
analyze HR data and build custom HR dashboards.
INDEX

About the AIHR Academy Page 3

Course overview Page 4

Who should take this course Page 6

Learning objectives Page 7

Who you will learn from Page 9

What you will learn Page 10

Your success team Page 18

Frequently Asked Questions Page 19

Enroll now Page 21

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ABOUT THE
AIHR ACADEMY
With the HR Analytics Academy we
teach the skills that you need in order
to succeed in the field of People
Analytics. By teaching you to leverage
the power of data, we enable you to
claim the strategic impact that you
deserve.
People Analytics is about leveraging data in
order to make better informed (data-driven)
people decisions. Decisions which in the end
drive better outcomes for both the business
and employees.
Online learning portal
All of our courses and masterclasses are
delivered through the online learning portal.
They are self-paced and the lessons are pre-
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recorded so that you can learn whenever and
wherever it’s most convenient. By placing
you in the driver’s seat we enable you to
optimize your own learning curve and
complete each course at your own pace.
Practical bite-sized lessons
The practical nature of our courses and the
way they are structured is what sets us apart.
Our lessons are bite-sized and conveniently
split up into several modules. Within each
module you will typically find a combination
of 3 – 4 video lessons, a short quiz, reading
materials that provide extra context, a piece
of bonus content, and a practical assignment
that will help you put your new skills into
practice.
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COURSE OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

7 Self-paced
English Yes
Modules
Duration language Certificate

15 16 12
PDCs Credits Months
SHRM HRCI Access

FRAMEWORK

By analyzing HR data you take the first step The HR Data Analyst course teaches you to
towards determining the impact of people conduct basic data cleaning and analysis. You
related policies on your organization’s will learn to extract, merge, clean and analyze
bottom line. (large) datasets.

This entry-level course enables students to
familiarize themselves with working on (HR)
data using Microsoft, Excel and Power BI.
The HR Analyst course is specially tailored to
those people that have little or no experience
in processing and analyzing data.
Start small by applying strategic workforce
planning in Excel and work you way towards
building a custom HR dashboard. At the end
of the course, you will have built your own
dashboard.

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 WHAT YOU GET

Paper and
Hands-on
digital
28 Video experience
certificates
lessons with our HR
upon
datasets
completion

Quizzes and 30-day

practical money back
assignments guarantee

ADMISSION

▶ There are no pre-requisites to enroll in

this program.

▶ Basic experience with Excel and a general

understanding of HR practices are a
benefit in starting this course.

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WHO SHOULD
TAKE THIS COURSE
STUDENTS
Whether you just want to become
comfortable with working on HR data or
have the ambition to become a full-blown HR
data scientist, this course offers the
foundation you are looking for.
Its tutorial-style lessons enable you to gain
If you are an analytics lead
without a data scientist and
want to start doing the data
analysis yourself
If you are already in charge
of HR reporting or doing
some basic data analysis
and want to advance your
skills
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hands-on experience, develop practical skills
and apply those within your organization
right away.
We’ve drafted a couple of personas to help
you identify if this is the right course for you.
This course is for you:
If you are starting from
scratch and don’t have any
experience in analyzing data.
This course teaches you to
do your first analyses, build a
custom HR dashboard and
get started with strategic
workforce planning
scenarios
* This course is designed to be complementary
to the HR Analytics Leader course.
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 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Learn to combine, clean and analyze

large HR datasets using Excel and
Power BI

Learn to calculate the ROI of HR

policies and activities

Learn to conduct basic strategic

workforce planning (SWP), succession
and scenario planning within your
organization
Present data-driven insights to key
stakeholders by building custom HR
dashboards in Power BI

Gain hands-on experience working

with and analyzing HR data

Understand the dynamics of

absenteeism and calculate the direct
cost involved

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 TESTIMONIALS

“I strongly recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn how Analytics
can be introduced in your daily work activities. This course paints a clear
picture of topics you usually aim to cover in Analytics and the requisite tools for
the same, and how.

The instruction is very lucid and the flow of the course is so logical and
structured. The back-end team of AIHR ensures that they handhold at every
step, which is extremely appreciated. The fact that one can complete this at
ones own time makes this even more appealing. Kudos to the AIHR Team!”

Santana Roy – HR Generalist & Country Lead at Intertek

“Excellent to get a solid understanding of the principles of workforce planning

and analytics and how they fit in within a broader organizational framework.
Everything is nicely linked to practical examples. The course is easy to do for
everybody who has Excel installed on their computer. Thanks very much, I really
enjoyed taking this course!”

Anne Schwab – Analytics Expert at UBS

“The HR Data Analyst course is a great introduction to the practical side of HR

Analytics. You learn a lot of key skills in Excel and PowerBI. Everything learned in
this course will benefit you and your workplace”

Dylan Alton – Talent Acquisition Coordinator at Bell

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WHO YOU WILL
LEARN FROM

Erik van Vulpen is the founder of Analytics in HR (AIHR). He is an

expert in connecting HR processes to business results through
qualitative and quantitative methods and globally recognized as
one of the top thought leaders in the field. Erik is a regular speaker
at conferences, he’s trained hundreds of HR leadership teams to
apply data-driven HR and analytics in their organization. He also
teaches at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) and graduated in
ERIK VAN VULPEN
Law, Psychology (hons.) and Business Administration (hons.).

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WHAT YOU WILL
LEARN
MODULE 1

STRATEGIC WORKFORCE
PLANNING

▶ 01: Strategic Workforce Planning

- Explain the importance of Strategic Workforce Planning
- Understand the key workforce characteristics
- Describe the basic guidelines in HR analytics

▶ 02: Strategy & Data Driven Decision Making

- Analyze the link between the business and HR
- Utilize the Business Model Canvas
- Describe the role of HR within the organization

▶ 03: Measuring Performance & Potential

- Explain the purpose of HR data/metrics
- Understand the key workforce characteristics
- Describe the basic guidelines in HR analytics

▶ Bonus: The Workforce Crisis in 2030

- Describe how simulations work in scenario planning
- Understand how technology impacts the workforce
- Explain how we can prevent a future workforce crisis

▶ Course & Reading Materials

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 MODULE 2

STRATEGIC WORKFORCE
PLANNING PART II

▶ 04: The HR3P Model in Excel – Part I

⁃ Create a visualization of the HR3P model
⁃ Use the random function to aid in visualization
⁃ Understand how to select top talents in the workforce

▶ 05: The HR3P Model in Excel – Part II

⁃ Understand the meaning behind skewed performance
⁃ Utilize PivotTables to generate new HR3P insights
⁃ Usage of colors to visualize PivotTables

▶ 06: The HR3P Model in Excel – Part III

⁃ Create a visualization of succession planning
⁃ Use Potential and Performance in succession planning
⁃ Use the HR3P model in succession planning

▶ 07: Creating a Workforce Map

⁃ Explain the importance of HR reporting
⁃ Describe what is meant by the quantity of employees
⁃ Understand the key variables in HR dashboards

▶ 08: Workforce Scenario Analysis

⁃ Explain the importance of scenario planning
⁃ Understand the ID-principle in scenario planning
⁃ Describe the different steps in scenario planning

▶ Course & Reading Materials

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 MODULE 3

LINKING HUMAN
RESOURCES TO ROI

▶ 09: Financial HR – Part I

⁃ Explain how to quantify the workforce
⁃ Understand how to calculate ROI
⁃ Describe activity-based costing

▶ 10: Financial HR – Part II

⁃ Understand the ROI of L&D
⁃ Explain how to visualize the payback period
⁃ Describe how to calculate a payback period

▶ 11: Costs of Absenteeism

⁃ Calculate the direct costs of absenteeism
⁃ Understand the dynamics behind absenteeism
⁃ Calculate the indirect costs of absenteeism

▶ 12: Calculating ROI

⁃ Understand the different Utility Models
⁃ Calculate the ROI of selection procedures
⁃ Estimate project benefits using literature and testing

▶ Bonus: Explainer Cost Analysis Tool

⁃ Understand what capital expenditure entails
⁃ Describe the different types of costs in HR projects
⁃ Use the Cost Analysis Tool to estimate HR projects cost

▶ Course & Reading Materials

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 MODULE 4

DATA ANALYSIS IN EXCEL

▶ 13: HR Analytics in Excel – Part I

⁃ Understand how to pick a problem that is relevant
⁃ Describe how to select relevant data
⁃ Explain how you can measure an outcome

▶ 14: HR Analytics in Excel – Part II

⁃ Understand how to check data for errors
⁃ Describe how to create a new variable from existing data
⁃ Comprehend how to clean HR data

▶ 15: HR Analytics in Excel – Part III

⁃ Understand how to speed up your Excel worksheets
⁃ Utilize the VLookup functionality
⁃ Comprehend how to create new research questions based
on the data

▶ 16: HR Analytics in Excel – IV

⁃ Understand how to filter based on activity levels
⁃ Utilize trend lines in charts
⁃ Learn how to answer research questions

▶ 17: Statistics in Excel – Part I

⁃ Comprehend the maturity levels in HR analytics
⁃ Explain the wall of Boudreau
⁃ Understand the complexity between causality and
correlation

▶ 18: Statistics in Excel – Part II

⁃ Explain the importance of scenario planning
⁃ Understand the ID-principle in scenario planning
⁃ Describe the different steps in scenario planning

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 ▶ 19: Statistics in Excel – Part III
⁃ Perform a T-test
⁃ Perform a correlation analysis in Excel
⁃ Interpret the outcomes of different analyses in Excel

▶ Bonus: Efficient & Inefficient Metrics

⁃ Describe the analytics ascendency model
⁃ Understand when metrics are inefficient
⁃ Explain why efficient metrics should be automated

MODULE 5

DASHBOARDING IN EXCEL

▶ 20: Tables in Excel - Advanced

⁃ Explain how to create a table in Excel
⁃ Redesign tables for visualization purposes
⁃ Describe the basic guidelines in HR analytics

▶ 21: Building your First Dashboard

⁃ Utilize PowerPivot Tables
⁃ Create your first dashboard
⁃ Understand how you can use slicers to filter data

▶ 22: Dates in Pivot Tables & Dashboards

⁃ Create a date of birth variable in Excel
⁃ Understand “slice & dice”
⁃ Describe the limitations of dashboards in Excel

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 MODULE 6

CONNECTING HR DATA
USING POWER BI

▶ 23: Data Structures

⁃ Transform different dates into a singular format
⁃ Utilize the VLookup function to merge HR data
⁃ Combine PivotTables and visualization techniques

▶ 24: Connecting Transactional Data

⁃ Understand how transactional data works in Power BI
⁃ Connect transactional data with filters
⁃ Create different PivotTables utilizing Power BI

▶ 25: Structuring and Modelling Data

⁃ Create an HR data model
⁃ Structure the HR data model
⁃ Prepare the HR data model for analysis

▶ Bonus: Data Editing in Power BI

⁃ Learn how to clean and transform your data with the Query Editor
⁃ Understand more advanced data sources and transformation
⁃ Clean irregularly formatted data

▶ Bonus: The Beauty of Data Visualization

⁃ Explain why design is important in reporting
⁃ Describe how to put insights into perspective
⁃ Describe the basic principles of information design

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 MODULE 7

VISUALIZING AND PUBLISHING

HR DATA USING POWER BI

▶ 26: Visualizing HR Data – Part I

⁃ Explain what steps you should take when designing a
dashboard
⁃ Understand how to show descriptive statistics in PowerBi
⁃ Utilize the most prevalent dashboard elements

▶ 27: Visualizing HR Data – Part II

⁃ Build a HR dashboard in Power BI
⁃ Understand key design principles in design
⁃ Ultilize color in Power BI

▶ 28: Publishing HR Reports Using Power BI

⁃ Understand how to share your dashboard with others
⁃ Learn how to use your HR dashboard in Phone View
⁃ Describe how to embed your HR report in e-mails

▶ Bonus: Data Visualization in Power BI

⁃ Learn how to visualize Matrixes and Tables
⁃ Understand gauges and single-number cards
⁃ Visualize hierarchies and charts

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 OUR ALUMNI WORK AT

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YOUR SUCCESS
TEAM
Receive a personalized approach to online
education that ensures you’re supported by
the HR Analytics Academy throughout your
learning journey.

Head Learning Facilitator

A subject matter expert from the HR
Analytics Academy who’ll guide you
through content-related challenges

Success Manager
Your dedicated support rep at the HR
Analytics Academy, available during
business hours to resolve technical and
administrative challenges

Global Support Team

This team is here to solve your tech-
related and administrative queries
and concerns

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FAQ

Why should I enroll?

Data is becoming an increasingly integral part of every aspect of HR. To be

successful in today’s competitive market, all organizations need to learn how
to leverage HR data to make better business decisions.

The HR Data Analyst course offers the opportunity to gain hands-on

experience working with HR data. You will develop practical skills that enable
you to extract, combine, clean, and analyze HR data.

By the end of this course you will be ready to apply these skills in your job and
start generating data insights to support the decision making process.
Furthermore, you will have built your own custom HR dashboard in Power BI.

What are the job perspectives

This course qualifies you for a wide array of HR analytics related

roles such as HR (Data) Analyst, HRIS Analyst, HR Analytics
Consultant.

The data analysis skills that you will develop with this course
offer a solid foundation to specialize further for roles such as
HR Data Scientist or Strategic Workforce Planning Specialist.

How long will it take to complete this course?

On average, students take 16 hours to complete the HR Data

Analyst course.

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 Is this course the right fit for me?

If you’re not sure this course is the right fit, please visit our website and
schedule a call with one of our admissions advisors.

Are there any prerequisites?

There are no prerequisites for this course. No prior

knowledge is required.

Do I need to pass an exam to finish the course?

No. We’ll monitor your progress along the way and intervene if
necessary. You’ll end the course by completing a practical assignment
that will help you bring your newly developed skills into practice.

After completion

After completing the course, you will receive a

certificate which is signed by your instructor and will
be sent to you by post.

The certificate number enables you to add your

experience to the education section of your LinkedIn
profile.

We are an approved recertification provider with the

HRCI and SHRM. Professional Development Credits
(PCDs) can be claimed upon completion.

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