
Specialist knowledge
Discover the broad range of specialisms within the people profession

Overview
The Profession Map provides our profession with the strongest foundation yet for effective decision-making. To help you do this, we've outlined nine specialist disciplines across HR, L&D, OD&D and beyond:
- Employee experience
- Employee relations
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Learning and development
- Organisation development and design
- People analytics
- Resourcing
- Reward
- Talent management.
- Wellbeing
'The people profession is a broad and international community within which there are many specialisms. Together, this range of specialisms can help to shape successful organisations.'
Yetunde Hofmann, Leadership consultant and CIPD Board member
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Explore the core specialisms


Employee relations

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Learning and development

Organisational development and design

People analytics

Resourcing

Reward

Talent management

Wellbeing
Download the full set of standards
View the full list of specialist knowledge standards inside this downloadable document (PDF, 933 KB).
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