Recruitment, Interviewing and Selection

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Course Aims and Objectives

Selecting the best contender for an organisation or business is an extremely critical function but then it can frequently appear an overwhelming activity as the potential results of settling on the wrong choice are tremendous. This course is along these lines intended to assist managers with making the correct choices in the recruitment of new staff. The emphasis is on the utilisation of an organised methodology where great planning and efficient interviewing strategies guarantee that the ‘right’ candidates are hired by an organisation as per best practice, legal considerations and internal recruitment policies.

Course Methodology

Due to the unique nature of this course, it is designed as highly participative, using small team discussion, practical exercises and quiz along with a practical session of an interview where participants of this training programme perform mock interviews and selection strategies based on classroom learning and training guidance. Participants will be encouraged in advance to bring along examples of a relevant job description and person specification that they will work with during the course. In addition, course participants are encouraged to get themselves familiar with their respective organisation’s recruitment and selection policy and also carry a copy of the same during the course. Members will likewise be approached to acquaint themselves with key inward arrangements and strategies identifying with this territory and to convey duplicates to the course for reference.

Outcomes

This training programme will provide participants with the skills and necessary knowledge to:

• Utilise an approach to recruitment and selection which is objective, consistent and structured.
• Recognize the importance of legislation related to recruitment and how discrimination and other related issues impact organisations and realize the practical consequences for management.
• Comprehend an organisation’s policies and procedures for recruitment and selection and the need to comply fully with them
• Determine appropriate, objective and effective selection criteria
• Design, arrange and conduct an efficient selection procedure using a diverse range of methodologies providing evidence against described selection criteria.
• Make sure that candidate evaluation is effective and recruitment process and decision making is objective and documented as per legislation.

Target Audience

This course is intended for all managers with responsibility for recruitment and selection, in any type of organisation or business.

Course Outline

This course will be delivered using the following 8 key learning modules:

1. Recruitment, Interviewing and Selection

• • Demonstrate ability to asses importance of recruitment and selection and taking ‘correct’ decision
  • Need for evidence

2. Recruitment legislation

• • Understanding principles of equal opportunity and related legislation

3. Discussion of the process

• • Overview of key stages
  • Assessing the vacancy and Preparation of effective job descriptions
  • Identifying the knowledge, skills and behaviours required
  • Understanding competencies and preparing effective person specifications
  • Advertising the vacancy
  • Short-listing against the selection criteria

4. Selection methods

• • Understanding and using different selection methods

5. Preparing for interview

• • Interview preparation
  • Effective questions searching evidence and questions to avoid

6. Interviewing techniques

• • How to structure an interview
  • Interviewing skills
  • Looking for STAR answers
  • Controlling the interview and closing the interview
  • Note-taking and maintaining records

7. Candidate evaluation and making the right decision

• • Objective decision-making
  • Recording and communicating the decision

8. Application of skills (through mock interviews and assessment)

Location and Date:

London | 14 – 17 Mar 2022
Cardiff | 01 – 05 Aug 2022

EUPlatform reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue and trainer.

Course Fee:

Per Participant: £5375
Student Rate: £2665
Discount for group of 4 or more

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4+1 Offer
For companies that want to maximize the return on their investment in training: Register 5 participants on the same course and dates and pay only for 4.

Registration Terms
Nominations to our public courses are to be processed by the client’s HR/Training department except for self-nominations which are to be paid in advance using the “payment by self” option on the online registration form. A refund will be issued back to the client in the event of course cancellation or seat unavailability. Registration confirmation is subject to Platform’s review of registration request and seat availability.

Cancellation Terms
If a confirmed registration is cancelled less than 5 calendar days prior to the course start date, a substitute participant may be nominated to attend the same course, or a 20% cancellation charge is applied.

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