Google Sheets for HR Tutorial
Who it's for: Are you an HR professional, business manager, or team leader looking to make better, data-driven decisions? This course is designed for anyone who manages employee data and wants to simplify and streamline their HR processes using Google Sheets. Whether you’re handling payroll, tracking performance, managing time-off balances, or building dashboards, you’ll gain the tools and techniques to organize, analyze, and visualize data efficiently. Perfect for beginners and intermediate users alike — no advanced spreadsheet experience required.
What it is: Google Sheets is a cloud-based spreadsheet application developed by Google that allows users to create, edit, organize, and analyze data online in real time. Part of the Google Workspace suite, it offers powerful features such as formulas, charts, pivot tables, and data visualization tools, making it ideal for tasks like budgeting, reporting, project management, and data analysis. One of its biggest advantages is real-time collaboration — multiple users can work on the same spreadsheet simultaneously, with changes saved automatically in the cloud. Integrated with other Google tools like Google Drive, Docs, and Forms, Google Sheets is accessible from any device, making it a flexible and efficient solution for individuals, teams, and businesses to manage and share data seamlessly.
What you'll learn: In this course, you’ll learn how to manage HR data in Google Sheets from start to finish. You’ll begin by mastering text functions, formulas, and data-cleaning techniques like Split Text to Columns, Smart Fill, and the TODAY function to calculate service lengths. You’ll then work with HR-related calculations, such as gross pay, remaining time off, and other employee metrics. The course dives deep into powerful database and lookup functions like COUNTIF, SUMIF, AVERAGEIF, and XLOOKUP to build interactive dashboards and analyze performance data quickly. You’ll also explore visualization techniques using charts, trend analysis, and sparklines to tell meaningful stories with data. Finally, Module 2 introduces advanced tools, including tables, conditional formatting, data validation with dropdowns, and pivot tables, giving you the skills to organize, filter, and summarize HR datasets with ease.
Exercise Files: https://tinyurl.com/yusyzynp
