Catapult Members-Only Pilot
Free HR Certificate Programs — Pilot Cohort
Take one course free as a Catapult member benefit — a $300 value. Thirteen practitioner-built courses for HR professionals at every stage, from early-career generalists to senior people leaders.
Current Catapult members only · first-come, first-served
About the pilot
A first look at Catapult’s new HR Certificate Programs
We’re opening our new certificate curriculum to members first. Sit in on a real pilot session, take away tools you can use the next day, and help shape the program before it launches — all at no cost.
Courses are grouped into two tracks so you can pick the level that fits where you are in your HR career.
Why join the pilot
Real course content, real value
A $300 value, free
A full certificate course at no cost — offered exclusively as a Catapult member benefit.
Shape the program
Your feedback directly informs the final HR Certificate Programs before they launch.
Low lift, real value
Every session is virtual and live. No travel, and no multi-day commitment required.
First access
See real course content and gain practical skills you can apply to your role immediately.
How it works
Four steps to your free seat
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Pick one course
Choose from thirteen options across the two certificate tracks below.
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Register
Reserve your seat with the form. Space is limited and first-come, first-served.
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Attend live online
Join your virtual session on the scheduled date — no travel required.
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Share feedback
A 30-minute focus group follows each session. Your input makes the pilot possible.
The curriculum
Choose one of thirteen courses
All pilot sessions are virtual and live, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT, and include a 30-minute feedback focus group. Tap any course to read the description, then select one when you register.
From Basics to Confidence
For HR professionals with 1–3 years of experience
Core 1HR Compliance Foundations
Knowing which laws apply and what to do first.
A practical grounding in the employment law HR can’t afford to get wrong — FLSA, FMLA, ADA, and how leave laws overlap in real cases — plus a hands-on look at using AI in compliance work without creating new risk.
Core 2Workplace Conduct & Compliance Response
From harassment triage to a compliance checklist.
Build the judgment to take a defensible first action on workplace conduct issues before any formal process begins — and know when a situation needs to move up the chain.
Core 3Streamlined Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
Hiring faster, onboarding smarter.
A repeatable hiring process, structured behavioral interviewing, and a 30-60-90 day onboarding plan a manager can actually execute.
Core 4Performance Management Fundamentals
Turning expectations and feedback into everyday practice.
Diagnose what’s really behind a performance gap, set expectations employees know how to meet, and build documentation and check-ins that hold up when it counts.
Core 5Total Rewards on a Budget (with prework)
Communicating value when dollars are limited.
For the pilot only, this session includes its required prerequisite. Benchmark pay against real market data and build a total rewards statement that makes value employees never notice, visible.
Core 6AI-Assisted HR Admin
A hands-on lab for using GenAI safely and effectively.
Build structured prompting skills and a review process that catches risky AI output before it ships. Leave with your own Safe AI Prompt Playbook, built during the session.
From Practitioner to Business Partner
For HR professionals with 4–7 years of experience
Strategic 1HR Strategy & Business Acumen
Connecting people decisions to business outcomes.
Read the financial and operational drivers of the business and position HR as a lever for results. Interpret an SMB P&L, translate people issues into business language, and build an HR Strategy Snapshot tied to a named goal.
Strategic 2Employee Relations & Triage
Managing issues fairly and confidently.
Handle employee relations concerns with fairness and a defensible record. Sort a situation into coaching, corrective action, or investigation, and know exactly when to call a Catapult HR Advisor.
Strategic 3People Analytics for Small Teams
Turning everyday HR data into insight.
Turn the HR data you already have into decisions — without an analytics team. Pick the right metrics, build a single-page people-data summary an executive will act on, and use AI as a thinking partner.
Strategic 4Workplace Culture & Belonging
Building healthy culture where people can speak up.
Build the everyday practices that produce psychological safety, employee voice, and belonging in a lean HR function. Leave with a Culture Health Snapshot and a 90-day practice plan.
Strategic 5HR Metrics That Matter
Measuring what moves the business.
Choose, track, and present the handful of people metrics that connect to business outcomes. Select the five core SMB metrics and leave with a Metrics Starter Dashboard for your next leadership conversation.
Strategic 6Coaching Managers Lab
Empowering leaders in the “hallway conversation.”
An interactive, role-play lab for the brief, unscheduled conversations where most coaching happens. Apply the GROW model and a five-minute hallway framework, and leave with a Hallway Coaching Pocket Guide.
Strategic 7The 1-Page HR Business Case
Translating HR needs into financial value.
Build a one-page HR business case a CFO will actually read and act on. Put a defensible dollar figure on a problem like turnover, and pressure-test the case so finance engages with it.
Reserve your seat
Claim your free pilot course
A $300 value, free for members. Space is limited and offered first-come, first-served — choose one course and we’ll save your seat.
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