In the race for top talent, is your organization eager to find and assess high quality candidates? In this project, continuing education students in McMaster University’s Human Resources Management program will provide actionable recruitment and selection recommendations that you can apply to source talent for even the most difficult roles to hire.

In an increasingly competitive consumer marketplace, decisions around adding new products and services are more important to a company’s success than ever. Students in the Marketing program at McMaster University’s Centre for Continuing Education will research and prepare a report for your company that recommends a new product or service and/or plans its launch.

The capstone course is part of the Big Data Analytics certificate program. Students in the program are adult learners with a post-secondary degree/diploma in computer science, engineering, business, etc. Students apply analytical models, methodologies, and tools learned in the program to create an analytics solution for your organization. Faculty mentors will work with students to ensure the capstone project reflects, and encompasses, best practices for big data analytics and project management.

This course is part of the Data Analytics certificate program. Students in the program are adult learners with a post-secondary degree/diploma in computer science, engineering, business, etc. The students learn how to perform exploration of data in order to discover meaningful information to solve problems, and will allow for the application of analytics life cycle in the context of planning to solve a business problem. Emphasis is placed on framing the problem, proposing an analytics solution, communicating with stakeholders, and establishing an analytics-focused project plan. Common data visualization tools and techniques are explored and used as students learn best practices for the presentation and communication of analytical solutions and insights.