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The CIPD Profession Map

CIPD have created the Profession Map to ensure their qualifications meet the needs of modern human resource professionals and the businesses they are working in.

Core Knowledge

  • People practice
  • Culture & behaviour
  • Business acumen
  • Analytics & creating value
  • Digital working
  • Change

Core Behaviours

  • Ethical practice
  • Professional courage & influence
  • Valuing people
  • Working inclusively
  • Commercial driven
  • Passion for learning
  • Situational decision making
  • Insights focused

Specialist Knowledge

  • Employee experience
  • Employee relations
  • Diversity & inclusion
  • Learning & Development
  • Reward
  • Talent management
  • Resourcing
  • Organisation development & design
  • People analytics

Core Knowledge

  • People practice
  • Culture & behaviour
  • Business acumen
  • Analytics & creating value
  • Digital working
  • Change

Core Behaviours

  • Ethical practice
  • Professional courage & influence
  • Valuing people
  • Working inclusively
  • Commercial driven
  • Passion for learning
  • Situational decision making
  • Insights focused

Specialist Knowledge

  • Employee experience
  • Employee relations
  • Diversity & inclusion
  • Learning & Development
  • Reward
  • Talent management
  • Resourcing
  • Organisation development & design
  • People analytics

Alignment to the Profession Map

The table below shows the areas of core knowledge and core behaviours of the Profession Map covered in the four core units of the CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice.

Core unitProfession Map areas
3CO01
Business, culture and
change in context
• Business acumen
• Culture and behaviour
• Digital working
• Change
3CO02
Principles of analytics
• People practice
• Business acumen
• Analytics and creating value
• Digital working
• Ethical practice
• Professional courage & influence
• Insights focused
• Situational decision-making
• Commercial drive
3CO03
Core behaviours for
people professionals
• People practice
• Culture and behaviour
• Ethical practice
• Professional courage & influence
• Valuing people
• Working inclusively
• Passion for learning
• Insights focused
3CO04
Essentials of people
practice
• People practice
• Culture and behaviour
• Ethical practice