Course Overview
This two-day practical course gives the Dos and Don'ts of recruiting and selecting one or more staff, carrying out selection interviews, and skills that will help to ensure compliant recruitment and selection practice.
The participant will learn from case studies and learning exercises the context, legislation, principles and techniques of employing one or more staff, interview candidates, and select one or more staff.
The participant will gain insight that will improve recruitment and selection practice that complies with legal employment requirements.
Course Objectives
At the end of the two-day training, the participant will be able to:
- Explain the organisation and employment contexts
- Design a job profile or job description
- Describe the recruitment and selection process
- List essential steps in planning and preparing for selection interviewing
- Describe the objectives of selection interviewing based on job criteria
- Demonstrate effective selection interviewing
- Describe action plan to recruit and select appropriate candidate
Course Content
Organisation and employment contexts
Recruiting and selecting competent staff legally
Job Design
Producing job description and personnel specification
Selection interviewing – objectives, planning and preparation
Selection interviewing process, interview questions and taking notes
Decision-making in selection interviewing
Practice, practice, practice – Selection interviewing
Completing the recruitment and selection process
Questions and Answers
Summary and action planning
Course evaluation
Course Attendance Certificate
Duration and Time Two days 9.30am - 4.30pm
Training Methods
The training course takes a blended learning approach and the training methods reflect all four learning styles: Reflector, Pragmatist, Theorist and Activist. There will be interactive learning exercises, quiz, presentations, case study, individual and group-work, facilitation, and discussions.
Who will benefit from this course?
Anyone who need to understand and develop skills to recruit and carry selection interview of one or more staff.