Free practical course
Talent Engineering Capstone Project
Build a complete hiring-system portfolio for a fictional organisation, then test it against a practical self-review rubric.
What you will build
A six-part portfolio: workforce case, search strategy, assessment plan, data design, service runbook and evaluation report.
Before you start: Complete the practitioner pathway and relevant sourcing, assessment and systems courses before this project.
226 min estimated, including practice. 4 written lessons.
What you will learn
- Frame the capstone case and success criteria
- Build the market and assessment portfolio
- Engineer the data flow and operating controls
- Evaluate the design and present its limitations
Course lessons
- Frame the capstone case and success criteria
- Build the market and assessment portfolio
- Engineer the data flow and operating controls
- Evaluate the design and present its limitations
This self-directed capstone includes a portfolio rubric. It does not award an independently assessed professional qualification.
Download the practice workbookSources and further reading
Original Academy teaching and fictional examples. These references provide context, not endorsement. Edition 2026.09; updated 2026-09-24.
- CIPD: Recruitment
Professional context for the recruitment lifecycle.