Mastering Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Certification Course | PolyU SPEED

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Mastering Recruitment and Talent Acquisition Certification Course

Class Code

HA9A

Collaboration Partner

MP HR Community (MPHR)

Medium of Instruction

Cantonese (supplemented by English)

Duration & Contact Hours

30 hours

Class Start Date

23 May 2026

Course Fee

$7,900 (Early Bird: HK$6,900, Apply on or before 23 April 2026)

Class Dates

23, 30 May; 6, 13 & 27 June 2026 (Saturdays)

Class Time

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Class Venue

PolyU Main Campus / Hung Hom Bay Campus / West Kowloon Campus

Application Status

Open

Application Deadline

10 May 2026

Course Information

This course is designed to equip HR professionals and talent acquisition specialists with the advanced strategic knowledge and practical skills needed to excel in the modern recruitment landscape.

 

The program moves beyond foundational practices to focus on building a sustainable, data-driven, and legally compliant talent acquisition function.

 

Participants will learn to master the entire talent lifecycle—from employer branding and proactive sourcing to advanced interviewing, innovative assessment, and leveraging technology—with the ultimate goal of securing top-tier talent, enhancing the candidate experience, and directly contributing to the organization's strategic objectives.

Course Outline

1.

Employer Branding and Strategic Talent Sourcing

 

Module 1: The Foundation of Modern Talent Acquisition

  • The Shift from Recruitment to Strategic Talent Acquisition
  • The Talent Acquisition Lifecycle
  • Aligning TA Strategy with Business Objectives

Module 2: Employer Branding as a Strategic Asset

  • The Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
  • Amplifying Your Brand by leveraging different recruitment channels
  • Measuring Employer Brand Success

Module 3: Proactive Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Development

  • Techniques for mining hidden talent on LinkedIn and beyond
  • Strategies for engaging with passive candidates long-term
  • Practical techniques to build a more diverse and inclusive candidate pipeline

2.

The Science and Art of Effective Interviewing & Assessment

 

Module 4: Designing a Robust & Fair Selection Process

  • Job Analysis & Competency Framework for a role
  • Structuring the Interview Process, ensuring consistency and candidate fairness
  • Introduction to Psychometric Testing: How and when to use personality, cognitive ability, and situational judgment tests effectively
  • Introduction to Pre-employment Assessments

Module 5: Advanced Interviewing Techniques

  • In-depth Behavioral Event Interviewing (BEI)
  • Competency-Based & Scenario-Based Questioning
  • Assessing for Potential vs. Experience: Techniques for identifying future leaders and high-growth candidates
  • Practices for writing interview notes & legal documentation
  • Practical Lab: Conducting and receiving feedback on mock behavioural interviews.

3.

Innovation, Fairness, and Legal Compliance

 

Module 6: Gamification & Innovative Assessment Methods

  • The Psychology of Gamification: Why it works for engagement and assessment
  • Hands-on with Tools: Practical session using card sorts, business simulations, and in-tray exercises
  • Designing Your Own Gamified Challenge
  • Measuring Outcomes: How to objectively score and interpret results from innovative assessments

Module 7: Ensuring Legal & Ethical Compliance in Hong Kong

  • Deep Dive into Hong Kong's Anti-Discrimination Ordinances

  • The Interview Minefield: Illegal and inappropriate questions to avoid

  • Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in Practice

  • Inclusive Recruitment: Mitigating unconscious bias at every stage of the process

Module 8: The Candidate Experience & Offer Management

  • Mapping the Candidate Journey: Identifying and eliminating friction points from application to onboarding
  • The Art of the Debrief & Calibration
  • Mastering Offer Negotiation: Strategies for presenting offers, handling counter-offers, and closing top talent without breaching internal equity
  • Rejection with Grace: The importance and method of providing constructive feedback to unsuccessful candidates to protect your employer brand

4.

Leveraging Technology & The Future of Recruitment

 

Module 9: Technology in Recruitment - AI and Beyond

  • The Recruitment Technology Stack and Assessment platforms
  • AI in Recruitment: Promise and Peril
  • Advanced Applications: Predictive analytics for attrition risk, skills inference, and bias detection in job descriptions
  • Ethical Considerations: Understanding algorithmic bias and ensuring fairness in AI-driven tools.

Module 10: Data-Driven Recruitment & Talent Analytics

  • Moving Beyond Time-to-Fill and Cost-per-Hire
  • Creating a Recruitment Dashboard
  • Calculating ROI on Recruitment Initiatives

Module 11: Mastering the Virtual Hiring Experience

  • Best Practices for Virtual Interviews: Setting up a professional environment, managing technology, and conducting effective remote assessments.
  • Engaging Candidates Remotely
  • Onboarding 2.0: Leveraging technology to create a seamless pre- and post-join experience for remote and hybrid hires.

5.

Application, Integration, and Certification

 

Module 12: Interpreting Pre-employment Assessments results from Personality Tests


Module 13: Capstone Project Workshop & Presentation

  • Guided Work Session
  • Capstone Project Presentations

Certification

Students who have passed and completed the assessments, and attended at least 80% of the course will be presented with a Certificate awarded by PolyU SPEED.

Application Procedures

1.  Application form can be downloaded from this website.  Before completing the application form, please read carefully the "Guide for Applicants" on the form.

 

2.  Please submit one application form and settle the course fee by bank draft/ crossed cheque/ On-line Card Payment System for each course applied. For details of payment methods, please refer to Section 4 of the application form or this web page.

 

3.  Non-permanent residents of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) holding

(i) work visa/ entry permit; OR

(ii) visa/ entry permit under the Immigration Arrangements for Non-local Graduates (IANG) (except those from Mainland, Macao and Taiwan); OR

(iii) dependent visa/ entry permit (except those from Mainland, Macao and Taiwan), issued by the Director of Immigration of HKSAR Government may enroll in short-term courses in SPEED without seeking prior approval from the Director of Immigration.

 

These applicants are required to attach a copy of their identity document(s) and the valid visa/ entry permit to their application.  On admission, they will be required to provide the original identity document(s) and visa/ entry permit for verification. Throughout the course of study, it is the responsibility of individual students to ensure that their identity documents and visas/ entry permits are valid. Other non-local applicants can neither be registered as students nor commence their studies on the short-term courses in SPEED.

 

4.  Applications should be submitted on or before the deadline for application via one of the following means -

 

(a) By post:

Submit the completed application form, supporting documents (if applicable) and a copy of your valid visa/ entry permit (if applicable) together with the bank draft/ crossed cheque/ payment confirmation page (for online payment) to 

CPCE Academic Registry - Continuing Education
Room N301, 3/F, North Tower, PolyU West Kowloon Campus,
9 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

(b) By e-mail (for application with payment settled via online system only):

Submit the completed application form, supporting documents (if applicable) and a copy of your valid visa/ entry permit (if applicable) together with the payment confirmation page by e-mail to ce.car@speed-polyu.edu.hk

Payment Methods for Course Fee

Please choose either one of the following payment methods for course fee

 

(1)  Bank Draft/ Crossed Cheque

You could submit a bank draft/ crossed cheque (made payable to "The Hong Kong Polytechnic University") by post.  Please write your name, the course code and class code at the back of the bank draft/ crossed cheque.  Post-dated cheque will not be accepted.

 

(2)  On-line Card Payment System (by Visa/ Master/ China UnionPay card)
You could settle the course fee via On-line Card Payment System by Visa/ Master/ China UnionPay card.  For successful payment, please print the payment confirmation page for record and quote the invoice number (as shown on the payment confirmation page) on Section 4 of the application form. No separate hardcopy of the payment receipt will be issued for you.

 

According to the School's Refund Policy, course fees paid are normally not refundable, except cases of unsuccessful applications/ course cancellation.  Fees paid and places allocated are not transferrable.

Enquiries

Assistant Academic Affairs Officer

Ms Yuki Lai

3746 0733


General Enquiry:3746 0360
E-mail:ce.car@speed-polyu.edu.hk