Advanced Selection, Interviewing And Recruitment Skills
Advanced Selection, Interviewing And Recruitment Skills
Course Code:
HR07
Course Objective
Have mastered the new recruitment process and be able to explain it to others
Be able to write recruitment criteria and precise score able interview questions
Know and be able to explain to others the value of using different types of testing
Have used a personality profile and be able to explain to others there value for recruiting and development
Be able to decode different types of body language, specifically when people are not telling the truth
Have practiced interviewing to ensure the theory is put into practice and be able immediately upon returning to work to carry out or lead a professional interview
Target Audience
Human Resources managers and senior professionals, specialists, team leaders, and business partners in the function who seek to broaden their knowledge and improve their skills in the key functions of HR as well as those who are responsible for evaluating HR and its effectiveness in the organization. The course is also suitable for those employees who are targeted for development or promotion within the HR function.
Course Outline
DAY 1: Understand Recruitment Separating Fact from Fiction
Course objectives and introductions
The real cost of interviewing to the organization
First series of interviews
Self-assessment of your current interviewing skills
Completing the Personality profile
Fact vs. fiction about interviewing
Introduction to the recruitment process map
DAY 2: Mastering the Process
Understand the job and the importance of the job description and criteria
Writing key criteria
How to write interview questions based on Criteria– understanding criteria
How many questions do you need?
Work needed to write the job advert
Writing an advert to attract “winners not losers”
How to write your interview questions
DAY 3: Testing, Personality Profiling and References
Shortlisting – a new approach to save time
The history of testing
Occupational ability testing – what’s new
Ability testing – the DIY approach
Semi medical tests – e.g. Colour blindness – practical demonstration
The growth of mental illness and the impact on recruitment – the latest figures
How Assessment centres work and their increasing use today
Personality profiling – Why we use it and what profilers are the best
The importance of references
Review and discussion
DAY 4: Finalizing Pre-written Questions, Room Set-up and Arrangements and Understanding the Vital Role of Body Language
Procedure for starting every interview
Finalizing your Interview questions – writing scene setters
Refining knowledge based questions
How to use probing questions
How to score and who does the scoring
Pr-interview administration, from making all the arrangement including room set up to understanding body language and correctly decoding it