Excel Formulas & Functions for HR Professionals

About The Event

Think of any HR-related scenario that involves addition, subtraction, division or multiplication of numbers and you’ll find that Excel is often the best tool for the job.

To perform these calculations you'll need to have a good understanding of formulas and functions.

Formulas are the cornerstone of calculations. Functions are built-in formulas that have been programmed to perform a specific calculation. They range from the simple such as SUM and AVERAGE (used to calculate the total and average of numbers in a range of cells) to the powerful IF and VLOOKUP.

Functions aren’t limited to calculating numeric data. They can save you a ton of time when working with text and dates too. For example, you can quickly calculate someone’s age from their date of birth, combine text items from several cells into a single cell or convert a list of lower case text items to capital letters.

Areas Covered

• Creating formulas to perform mathematical calculations
• Copying formulas and the difference between absolute and relative references
• Assigning names to cells and using them in formulas
• Using functions to combine text strings from multiple cells
• Using functions to change text from lowercase to uppercase and vice versa
• Using functions to perform calculations on dates and times
• Using the IF function to automate data entry
• Creating complex functions the easy way

Learning Objectives

Formulas and functions will automate your calculations and save you a ton of time. No more using your fingers. No more mental arithmetic. No more using the calculator app on your Smartphone! Let Excel do the work for you!

Who Should Attend

This session is aimed at HR professionals who use Excel at a basic level and want to learn how to create formulas and use some of the built-in functions.

The training will be delivered using Excel 2016 for Windows however much of the functionality is also available to users of earlier versions of Excel on both Windows and Mac.