AI for HR and People Teams

AI for HR and People Teams from the Enterprise Technology Association (ETA) is for the people who hire, support and develop everyone else: HR generalists and business partners, recruiters, HR operations and benefits staff, learning and development teams, and the leaders who run them. HR is asked to roll out AI, write its policy and train people on it, while using it on some of the most sensitive data an organization holds. Done well, AI takes hours off job posts, help desk questions, policy drafts and learning content. Done carelessly, it screens out qualified people, leaks private information and damages trust.

This course teaches where AI helps most in HR and the guardrails that matter: anti-discrimination law, employee privacy, notice, fairness checks and keeping decisions about people with people. You finish with a capstone: an AI playbook for one real HR workflow, submitted and reviewed by a person. Completing the course earns the ETA Specialist: AI for HR and People Teams badge.

What you'll learn

• Apply anti-discrimination and privacy duties to AI in HR, including vendor tools
• Sort HR data for AI tools and check HR system AI features before you turn them on
• Write accurate, inclusive, skills-based job descriptions and keep screening fair, with selection rate checks
• Follow AI hiring rules such as NYC Local Law 144 and the Illinois Human Rights Act
• Build structured interviews and place recruiting actions on the ETA Agent Autonomy Ladder
• Draft policies, scope an HR help assistant and write your employee AI use policy
• Support fair performance feedback, protect investigations, plan role changes and measure value honestly

Who it's for

HR, recruiting, people operations and learning professionals, and managers with people responsibilities, in organizations of any size. It assumes you've completed Level 1: Foundations of the ETA Applied AI Professional Certificate (free). It is not legal advice; follow your organization's policies and the employment laws where you operate.

How it works

Four modules with HR examples, templates and a Try it exercise in every lesson, a knowledge check after each module, a capstone and a final assessment. About 2 hours 30 minutes. Included with ETA Pro membership and above.

Your badge and certificate

Passing the final assessment, including your reviewed capstone, earns two things: the ETA Specialist: AI for HR and People Teams badge and a certificate of completion for AI for HR and People Teams. Each has its own verification page on joineta.org, is a verifiable digital badge (Open Badges 3.0) and can be added to LinkedIn. Your badge shows on your ETA profile and stacks with your other ETA credentials: the ETA professional certificates and their levels, other ETA Specialist badges and the hours-based credentials. The course adds 2.5 credit hours toward AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional and AI Empowered Leader.