Recruitment & Selection

This practical and intensive two day course provides candidates with the opportunity to role play in various interviewing scenarios in order to practice the art of questioning to gather the necessary evidence that supports competency based interviewing.

Course Overview

Recruitment
Identify if a vacancy requires to be progressed to recruitment
Define Recruitment and Selection
Assess the options when a vacancy arises
Determine how and where to advertise
State the benefits of panel interviews
State the strategy and structure for best interview practice
The Job Description
The importance of the job description; how it influences the person specification.
The Person Specification: a clear, objective profile.
Personal Behavioural Dynamics
State and understand Behavioural Theories
Assess candidate Body Language
Utilise active Listening Skills
Understand how to effectively listen and observe and interpret body language
Selection
Interview Planning and Preparation approach; preparation; structure; benchmarking criteria; designing and working to a predetermined plan; focusing on relevant information; uncovering evidence. Verbal and non-verbal behaviour.
Pose suitable and variable types of questions to probe candidate’s experience
Conduct a competency based interview
Identify and adopt first class recruitment processes
Closing an interview professionally how to adopt a systematic approach
Evaluation
Taking notes
Utilise a skills assessment matrix to evaluate candidates
Suspending judgement and the “magic minute” theory
Choosing the right person examining the evidence for each selection criterion; assessing each candidate; following up references.
Role playing
Role play in various interviewing scenarios
Practice different strategies and structures
Feeling comfortable as an interviewer

Objectives
By the end of this course you will be able to:
Identify if a vacancy requires to be progressed to recruitment
Determine the job description and the person specification
State the strategy and structure for best interview practice
Pose suitable and variable types of questions to probe candidates experience
Understand how to effectively listen and observe and interpret body language
Conduct a competency based interview
Utilise a skills assessment matrix to evaluate candidates
Identify and adopt first class recruitment processes

Designed For
This course will benefit anyone tasked with recruiting for the organisation at any level.