Role-Based Programme
RB0256

Microsoft Copilot for Human Resources

AI Skills for Smarter Everyday HR

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Duration
4 Hours
Level
Awareness
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Awareness Session

Programme Objectives

  • Understand how Microsoft Copilot can support everyday Human Resources activities across communication, documentation, recruitment, onboarding, learning, and employee support.
  • Explore practical prompting techniques for generating useful, contextual, and professional HR outputs.
  • Apply Copilot within familiar Microsoft 365 applications to draft, summarise, analyse, organise, and communicate HR information.
  • Experience how HR documents, spreadsheets, emails, meetings, and presentations can be transformed into useful workplace outputs.
  • Recognise employee privacy, confidentiality, bias, accuracy, permissions, and human-review requirements when using AI in HR.

Tools covered

Microsoft 365 CopilotCopilot ChatWordExcelPowerPointOutlookTeams

Who should attend

  • HR Executives
  • HR Managers
  • HR Business Partners
  • Talent Acquisition Professionals
  • Learning & Development Professionals
  • Talent Management Professionals
  • HR Operations Professionals
  • Employee Experience Professionals
  • Performance Management Professionals
  • Workforce Planning Professionals
  • HR Analytics Professionals
  • Organisational Development Professionals
  • HR Team Leads

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of Human Resources activities
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 applications is helpful
  • Basic computer and internet proficiency
  • No AI or programming knowledge required
  • No previous Microsoft Copilot experience required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding Microsoft Copilot and Generative AI from an HR perspective
  • Exploring Copilot Chat and Copilot across Microsoft 365 applications
  • Identifying HR applications across documents, communication, meetings, analysis, and presentations
  • Understanding AI assistance versus HR professional judgement and accountability
Practical activities
  • Exploring Copilot through common everyday HR activities
  • Comparing a traditional HR productivity task with a Copilot-assisted approach

Scenarios

Recruitment Requirement to Employee Onboarding

Role Requirement → Job Description → Interview Preparation → Candidate Communication → Onboarding Checklist → New-Joiner Communication

Participants use Microsoft Copilot across familiar Microsoft 365 applications to support a sample hiring-to-onboarding workflow while retaining all candidate evaluation and hiring decisions with authorised HR professionals.

HR Policy to Employee Communication

HR Policy → Copilot Summary → Key Requirements → Employee FAQs → Outlook Communication → Presentation / Briefing

Participants use Copilot to transform an approved HR policy into clear employee-facing communication, FAQs, and briefing material while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and HR approval.

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