For HR professionals, staying current is essential to career growth and credibility.
Skills Accelerator helps you build in-demand HR capabilities through focused upskilling seminars and specialty credentials across today's most critical practice areas.
You'll Walk Away With
As a learning path at ATW 2026, Skills Accelerator builds the critical HR capabilities needed in today's rapidly changing environment.
ATW elevates Skills Accelerator from standalone upskilling into a career-defining investment in the skills that matter most right now for HR—so what capabilities do you need to strengthen next?
Build the foundational HR knowledge and test readiness needed to earn SHRM certification and strengthen core HR credibility across your role.
November 16-18, 2026
Develop the ability to integrate human insight with AI-driven tools to make smarter workforce decisions in a rapidly evolving digital HR landscape.
November 16-18, 2026
Learn how to translate workforce data into actionable insights that improve decision-making, performance outcomes, and HR strategy.
November 16-17, 2026
Strengthen your ability to design and execute modern hiring strategies that attract, assess, and secure high-impact talent.
November 16-17, 2026
Build practical capability to conduct fair, consistent, and legally sound workplace investigations that reduce organizational risk.
November 15, 2026*
Develop the skills to foster inclusive, compliant, and effective workplace practices that support culture, civility, and organizational alignment.
November 15, 2026*
*Pre-conference credentials can be taken as standalone experiences or combined with Blueprint for I&D or other Skills Accelerator offerings.
Stop developing your people in silos. Make a single investment to bring high performing leaders, I&D specialists and HR professionals together to drive workforce performance.
For organizations ready to invest at that level, ATW becomes a force multiplier, accelerating capability across the enterprise—not just the individual. Organizations sending five or more attendees can access enterprise pricing and planning support. Speak to a SHRM team member to curate your team's experience at ATW.
If your focus right now is advancing your HR expertise, Skills Accelerator is your entry point. It is designed to build credentialed expertise in HR's highest-risk, highest-impact areas—with applied capabilities that strengthen performance across compliance, analytics, AI, investigations, talent, and workforce strategy.
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