Management Training:

Recruitment and Selection

Objective

To provide managers with a process and the essential skills to ensure that recruitment is successful

By the end of the workshop, managers will be able to :-

• List / Explain the benefits getting recruitment right first time.
• To define a candidate profile for a role they may be recruiting for in the future &Identify the critical competencies and personal spec required for the role
• Explain and demonstrate the principles of short listing candidates, recognising critical requirements from a CV and job application.
• Identify appropriate questions that should be asked at interview
• Demonstrate the correct use of questioning techniques in order to asses potential candidates level of competency.
• Explain the employment law implications that need to be considered during recruitment and questions you can or cannot ask.
• Explain the process for recruitment
• Explain the process for probation and induction.
• Produce an induction / probation plan for a potential new recruit

Content

• Benefits of getting recruitment right
• Profiling the job, profiling the candidate
• Identifying the competencies and experience required
• Short listing techniques and principles
• Competency based interview questions & techniques
• Practical assessment (exercise)
• Processes for selection, induction and probation

Outputs

• Right people are placed in the right jobs, delivering against expectations both for the recruit (reduced turnover) and for the business (faster realisation of business goals).
• Managers have the skills to accurately assesses and explore relevant competency levels and experience of potential recruits
• Managers have the confidence identifying the right candidate
• Reduced turnover - right person for the job.

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