Excel for HR: Beyond the Basics

Live Webinar or Recording

December 8, 2025, 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm Eastern

Credit: HRCI: 1.5, CPE: 2, SHRM: 1.5, ATAHR: 1.5 (Live Only)

In today’s data-driven HR landscape, having a solid command of Excel is no longer optional—it’s essential. This intermediate-level training is designed specifically for HR professionals ready to take their Excel skills to the next level. Through hands-on instruction, participants will learn how to clean, organize, and analyze employee data more efficiently using Excel's powerful features and functions. This session will bridge the gap between basic usage and advanced application, empowering you to make smarter, data-driven decisions.

Participants will work with real-world HR scenarios to gain fluency in tools like VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, PivotTables, and conditional functions tailored for HR needs. Whether you’re managing large datasets, creating reports, or identifying trends in employee metrics, this session will provide the practical knowledge you need to streamline HR operations and elevate your reporting accuracy.

• Importing HR data
• Data cleaning and validation techniques
• VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP for employee data retrieval
• Using IF, SUMIF, and COUNTIF for conditional analysis
• Creating PivotTables and PivotCharts for HR data analysis
• Creating dynamic charts and graphs
• Conditional formatting to highlight key HR metrics

• Efficiently manage and organize HR data within Excel
• Utilize advanced Excel functions and formulas to analyze HR metrics
• Generate PivotTables and PivotCharts for HR reporting

Attending this webinar will help you become more confident in your ability to manipulate and interpret HR data, leading to improved efficiency, sharper insights, and greater value in your role.

This course is ideal for HR professionals who have a basic understanding of Excel and are looking to advance their skills to an intermediate level. It is tailored for HR managers, HR analysts, recruiters, and anyone involved in data management and reporting within the HR department. Whether you aim to enhance your analytical capabilities, improve your reporting processes, or simply sharpen your Excel skills, this session delivers the tools and strategies needed to succeed.

Guest Speaker: Mike Thomas

Level: Basic

Format: Live Webcast

Field of Study: Human Resources

This program has been approved for credit hours through the HR Certification Institute. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.

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