Missiora Academy · Sector
HR & Recruitment
Recruit, develop and look after people fairly and legally — the people-practice skills employers hire for across every industry.
Free, structured learning from complete beginner to confident people professional — HR and the employee lifecycle, recruitment & talent acquisition, employee relations & UK employment law, performance, learning & development, and HR operations, data & careers — with certification pathways (CIPD), career role guides, AI interview practice and hands-on, AI-graded HR simulations that run a real hire-to-manage people lifecycle end to end.
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The HR & Recruitment career journey
A structured path from the fundamentals to leadership-level mastery. Each stage builds real, evidenced competence and moves you closer to a verified certification.
Your career journey
Foundation
Free0/1 complete1 activity · 210 XP
New to the field — build the core fundamentals every professional needs.
Get started with confidence and understand what the role really involves.
Practitioner
Pro0/4 complete4 activities · 2 simulations · 1050 XP
Practising the day-to-day decisions and skills the job demands.
Perform the real tasks of the role and start evidencing genuine competence.
Fill the Role: Attract & Shortlist Fairly (Branching Simulation)
The first stage of the people journey. Write an inclusive advert, source candidates and shortlist without bias — with AI coaching and a personalised debrief (Pro).
Skills you'll gain
The Offer & First 90 Days (Branching Simulation)
Land the offer and onboard your new Team Leader properly — pre-boarding, right-to-work, a real induction and early check-ins — with AI coaching and a personalised debrief (Pro).
Skills you'll gain
Run a Structured Interview & Make a Fair Hire
HR lifecycle — stage 2 of 4. You've shortlisted candidates — now design a structured, competency-based interview, score fairly, and make a defensible hiring decision that avoids bias and complies with the law — graded by an AI coach.
Skills you'll gain
Handle an Employee Relations Case Fairly
HR lifecycle — stage 3 of 4. Your new hire has settled in, but a workplace issue arises: a grievance about a colleague's behaviour. Handle it fairly under the ACAS Code, run a difficult conversation, and reach a proportionate outcome — graded by an AI coach.
Skills you'll gain
Professional
Pro0/3 complete3 activities · 2 simulations · 900 XP
Ready for complex, multi-stakeholder scenarios under real pressure.
Handle ambiguity and stakeholders like a seasoned professional.
The Final Interview: Hire Fairly (Branching Simulation)
A realistic, branching final-interview scenario. A hiring manager pushes for their 'gut-feel' favourite while you must run a fair, structured, legally-sound process. Every decision shapes the hire — with AI coaching and a personalised debrief (Pro).
Skills you'll gain
A Grievance Lands on Your Desk (Branching Simulation)
A multi-stakeholder employee-relations case. Handle a formal grievance fairly, lawfully and calmly under the ACAS Code — balancing the complainant, the manager and the organisation — with AI coaching and a personalised debrief (Pro).
Skills you'll gain
Manage Performance & Development Fairly
HR lifecycle — stage 4 of 4. A year on, it's time to support performance and growth. Set SMART objectives, give effective feedback, handle a dip in performance fairly, and plan development — the manager coaching that makes HR strategic — graded by an AI coach.
Skills you'll gain
Advanced
Premium0/1 complete1 activity · 1 simulation · 360 XP
Leadership-level, high-stakes decisions where early choices change later outcomes.
Prove you can lead and deliver at the top of your profession.
The Alex Rivera People Journey — HR Simulation Journey
Follow one continuous people story — from an empty seat to a genuine turnaround. Source and shortlist fairly, run the final interview, make the offer and onboard well, handle a grievance under the ACAS Code, and finally manage underperformance humanely. Every simulation continues the same story, and early decisions shape later outcomes.
0 of 5 stages completed
Sourcing & Shortlisting
It starts with an empty seat. A Customer Service Team Leader has resigned — you must attract and shortlist fairly.
Unlock with Pro ›The Final Interview
You shortlisted them fairly — now the final interview for the Customer Service Team Leader role, with hiring manager Mark.
Unlock with Pro ›Offer & Onboarding
Priya accepted the role. Now make the offer, right-to-work checks and first 90 days set her up to succeed.
Unlock with Pro ›Employee Relations
Months in, one of Priya's team raises a formal grievance about her. You must handle it fairly under the ACAS Code.
Unlock with Pro ›Performance Management
A year on, Priya's own performance has dipped. How you set this up early decides whether the final conversation lands.
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Learning libraries
Structured, framework-based guides. Mark topics complete to build your Job Readiness Score.
HR & Recruitment Fundamentals
What HR really does, the core functions, HR vs recruitment, CIPD professional standards, and the whole employee lifecycle from attraction to exit.
HR Fundamentals: What Human Resources Really Does + Your Career Roadmap
Start here: what human resources actually is (getting the best from people, fairly and legally), the core HR functions, the HR vs recruitment landscape, CIPD professional standards
Read guideThe Employee Lifecycle: From Attraction to Exit (and Why It Matters)
Understand the employee lifecycle — attraction, recruitment, onboarding, development, retention, and offboarding — HR's role at each stage, and why great onboarding and a good leav
Read guideRecruitment & Talent Acquisition
The end-to-end recruitment cycle, writing inclusive job adverts, sourcing candidates, and structured, bias-aware screening and selection.
Recruitment Fundamentals: The Recruitment Cycle From Brief to Offer
Learn the end-to-end recruitment cycle: taking the brief, writing the job description and advert, sourcing, screening, interviewing, selecting, offering and onboarding — the core s
Read guideSourcing, Screening & Fair Selection: Structured, Bias-Aware Hiring
Master sourcing candidates, screening fairly against clear criteria, and running structured, competency-based interviews that reduce bias and pick the best person on evidence — leg
Read guideEmployee Relations & Employment Law
UK employment law essentials and the Equality Act 2010, plus handling grievances, discipline and difficult conversations fairly under the ACAS Code.
UK Employment Law Fundamentals for HR (Plain-English Essentials)
A plain-English introduction to UK employment law for HR: contracts and statutory rights, the Equality Act 2010, discrimination, working time and pay, discipline and dismissal fair
Read guideEmployee Relations: Handling Grievances, Discipline & Difficult Conversations
Learn the heart of HR practice: employee relations. Handle grievances and disciplinaries fairly under the ACAS Code, coach managers, hold difficult conversations with empathy, and
Read guidePerformance, Learning & Development
Setting objectives and giving feedback, handling underperformance fairly, and identifying, designing and evaluating learning and development.
Performance Management: Objectives, Feedback & Getting the Best From People
Learn modern performance management: setting SMART objectives, regular feedback and check-ins, effective appraisals, handling underperformance fairly with support plans, and linkin
Read guideLearning & Development: Building Skills, Growth & Engagement
Understand Learning & Development: identifying training needs, the 70-20-10 model, designing and sourcing learning, supporting apprenticeships and CPD, and evaluating impact so lea
Read guideHR Operations, Data & Career Development
HR systems (HRIS), accurate records, people analytics and data protection, plus your HR & recruitment career, CIPD qualifications and getting hired.
HR Systems & People Analytics: HRIS, Data & Confident Reporting
Learn HR operations and data: HR information systems (HRIS), keeping accurate records, key HR metrics (turnover, absence, time-to-hire), data protection (UK GDPR), and using people
Read guideYour HR & Recruitment Career: Roles, CIPD Qualifications & Getting Hired
Map your HR and recruitment career: the roles and typical ladder, CIPD qualifications (Level 3/5/7), how to break in without experience, building evidence and a portfolio, and prep
Read guideCareer roles & readiness
Role-by-role guides mapping the exact skills each career needs. Track your readiness and evidence it in your Career Passport™.
How to Become an HR Assistant
Become an HR Assistant: responsibilities, the organisation, confidentiality, communication and systems skills employers want, a learning path and interview preparation — the ideal
Read guideHow to Become a Recruitment Resourcer
Become a Recruitment Resourcer: what the role involves, the sourcing, screening, communication and resilience skills employers want, a learning path and interview prep — the entry
Read guideHow to Become a Recruitment Consultant
Become a Recruitment Consultant: responsibilities, the client and candidate management, sales, and selection skills employers want, a learning path and interview preparation for th
Read guideHow to Become an HR Advisor
Become an HR Advisor: what the role involves, the employee relations, employment law, coaching and judgement skills employers want, a learning path and interview preparation for th
Read guideHow to Become a Talent Acquisition Specialist
Become a Talent Acquisition Specialist: responsibilities, the sourcing, employer brand, structured selection and stakeholder skills employers want, a learning path and interview pr
Read guideHow to Become an HR Business Partner
Become an HR Business Partner: what the role involves, the strategic, commercial, change and stakeholder skills employers want, a learning path and interview preparation for this s
Read guidePractise AI interviews for these roles
Realistic, scored voice interviews tailored to each role — with a full Hiring Committee™ report.
Role-specific certifications
Competency-based, evidence-verified certifications at every level — proven through learning, practice, assessment and interview, then verifiable by employers. Not course completion.
HR Administrator
FoundationA Foundation-level, competency-based certification for aspiring HR Administrators in HR & Recruitment — proving core concepts, introductory learning and beginner practice. Evidence-verified, not just course completion.
Recruitment Consultant
PractitionerA Practitioner-level, competency-based certification for aspiring Recruitment Consultants in HR & Recruitment — proving the ability to perform typical workplace tasks, evidenced through practical simulations and skills assessment. Evidence-verified, not just course completion.
Talent Acquisition Specialist
PractitionerA Practitioner-level, competency-based certification for aspiring Talent Acquisition Specialists in HR & Recruitment — proving the ability to perform typical workplace tasks, evidenced through practical simulations and skills assessment. Evidence-verified, not just course completion.
HR Advisor
Professional ProA Professional-level, competency-based certification for aspiring HR Advisors in HR & Recruitment — proving competence in realistic workplace scenarios, with rich employability evidence suitable for job applications. Evidence-verified, not just course completion.
Learning & Development Coordinator
Professional ProA Professional-level, competency-based certification for aspiring Learning & Development Coordinators in HR & Recruitment — proving competence in realistic workplace scenarios, with rich employability evidence suitable for job applications. Evidence-verified, not just course completion.
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