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Total Rewards Course: Compensation, Benefits, EVP, Payroll (Udemy.com)

C&B Certification | Incentive and Payroll Management | Salary Grading | Mercer Job Levels | Pay Equity

Created by: PapaHR

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • Create comprehensive employee reward systems fully aligned with business goals and strategy
  • Create competitive compensation and benefits packages
  • Integrate performance metrics into pay and reward strategies
  • Evaluate and optimize the effectiveness of organizational reward systems and total compensation programs

How it compares

Against the other 170 rated Udemy courses in Human Resources on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.3 out of 5higher than 27% of them
  • Reviews268#135 of 171 by number of reviews
  • Length247.4 hourslonger than 98% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 92% of them

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Course Description

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.

This updated online program is designed to equip HR professionals with advanced strategies to attract, engage, motivate, and retain employees through comprehensive reward systems. Led by industry expert Mike, this course offers 16 in-depth lessons, providing 50% more material than the previous version, including new elements of total compensation, innovative rewards, budgeting, and performance measurement.


What you’ll learn:


  • Comprehensive Rewards System: Understand all components — compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance management, and career development — in the context of total employee experience.

  • Strategic Alignment: Develop rewards strategies that align with business objectives and company culture.

  • Compensation Design: Learn job evaluation, salary market reviews, and pay structure development.

  • Benefits and Perks: Explore employee benefits, flexible plans, and work-life initiatives.

  • Performance-Based Rewards: Link remuneration to performance and organizational effectiveness.

  • Budgeting and Evaluation: Master budgeting for rewards and measuring their impact.


Course Program:

  1. Introduction to Rewards: Overview of all components and the specialist’s role.

  2. Building a Total Strategy: Linking rewards to business goals and culture.

  3. Designing Reward Elements: From analysis to communication.

  4. Compensation & Job Evaluation Basics.

  5. Salary Market Reviews.

  6. Job Grading & Pay Structures.

  7. Sales Compensation Fundamentals.

  8. Executive & Global Rewards.

  9. Linking Pay to Performance (KPI, MBO, OKR).

  10. Cash Incentives Programs.

  11. Benefits & Work-Life Balance.

  12. Rewards Budgeting.

  13. Evaluating Rewards Effectiveness.

  14. Recognition Programs.

  15. Rewards & Employer Branding.

  16. Career Management & Culture Integration.


Course Features:

  • Expert instruction from Mike Pritula, an HR leader with deep rewards strategy expertise.

  • 14 recorded lessons for flexible learning.

  • Practical assignments with personalized feedback.

  • Interactive Q&A community.

  • Diploma upon completion.


Who should enroll:

  • HR professionals aiming to strengthen reward system expertise.

  • C&B specialists seeking broader strategic skills.

  • Managers and executives looking to boost performance through rewards.

  • HR consultants advising on employee motivation and retention.

This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. It ensures cutting-edge insights and the latest practices.

This course contains a promotion. 

Enhance your ability to attract, motivate, and retain top talent by mastering advanced rewards strategies. Enroll now to elevate your HR expertise and drive organizational success.

This course is independently developed and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WorldatWork. The term “Total Rewards” is used in its commonly accepted HR context to describe compensation, benefits, recognition, and career development practices.

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Instructor Details

PapaHR

Meet Mike — the HR Architect Behind a Preply Unicorn and 200+ Amazon Books

Udemy features me as a Popular Instructor in Human Resources — a status assigned based on ratings, course quality, and category impact.

Before Preply became a $1.2B unicorn, I built the HR operating system that let it scale fast without breaking culture, engagement, or performance. I don't just teach HR. I build HR systems that work under hyper-growth, investor pressure, global teams, and messy processes — then I turn them into courses you can use on Monday morning.


Companies where I built HR systems

Wargaming · Preply · iDeals · PeopleForce · Alfa-Bank · StarLightMedia · and other international tech and gaming companies.


The Preply case (before the headlines)

- Headcount: ~50 → 110+

- eNPS: 30 → 70 in 6 months

- International workforce: 12% → 25%

- OKRs, performance management, and 1:1 leadership routines implemented

- Onboarding system + Employee Handbook

- HR tech stack (15Five, ATS, People Analytics)

- Berlin office launch, relocation & visa operations


That is not HR theory. That is operational HR at scale, under unicorn pressure.

My reach on Udemy

- Popular Instructor in the Human Resources category on Udemy

- 4.4 Instructor Rating

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Reviews

4.3

268 ratings on Udemy

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By Channing McCarthy on 1/15/2026

So far the course seems like a primer.

By Katie Calabrese on 11/20/2025

He's not doing a very thorough job of explaining so far

By Anonymized User on 7/18/2025

I highly recommend this course to aspiring Rewards professionals. The tutor is very knowledgeable and delivered the topics effectively.

By Anonymized User on 4/19/2025

The Course is attention to detail and infomative

By Zuri Luke on 3/16/2025

The instructor's expertise and attention to detail were evident throughout the course. I feel like I received a complete education in total rewards.

By Alina Davina on 3/16/2025

I found the course to be incredibly comprehensive. It covered all aspects of total rewards, from base pay and incentives to benefits and work-life balance

By Bria Matthew on 3/16/2025

I was particularly impressed with the course's coverage of emerging trends in compensation and benefits. The instructor provided valuable insights into the future of total rewards, and I now feel well-prepared to adapt to the changing landscape.

By Arthur Penelope on 3/14/2025

이 과정은 정말 환상적이었습니다! 현대 보상 및 혜택 전략에 대해 정말 많은 것을 배웠습니다. 강사님은 열정적이고 지식이 풍부했으며 콘텐츠는 관련성이 높고 실용적이었습니다. 토탈 리워드 기술을 향상시키려는 모든 분에게 이 과정을 적극 추천합니다.

By Mikaela Khadijah on 3/14/2025

이 과정은 정말 환상적이었습니다! 현대 보상 및 혜택 전략에 대해 정말 많은 것을 배웠습니다. 강사님은 열정적이고 지식이 풍부했으며 콘텐츠는 관련성이 높고 실용적이었습니다. 토탈 리워드 기술을 향상시키려는 모든 분에게 이 과정을 적극 추천합니다.

By Janani U. on 12/25/2024

Thank you for the course! I've got a lot of practical tips to use at work as well as in personal matters. By the way, this comment is NOT generated by ChatGPT :)

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Overall Score : 86 / 100