This competency-based, noncredit course is designed to introduce adult learners to the concepts and skills necessary for their transition into careers as talent acquisition professionals. The course outlines the knowledge areas needed to create a recruitment plan based on organizational strategy, business needs, input from important stakeholders, labor market development, and strategic workforce planning. Inclusive and diverse hiring practices will be addressed. In this course, students will learn different recruitment phases, how to successfully build and implement recruiting strategies for diverse organizations, analyze and use data to streamline the recruitment process and make more informed hiring decisions.