Interviewing and Selection
Selecting the perfect candidate
Making the wrong choice of employee after a lengthy and expensive recruitment process is a disaster and difficult to undo. Interviewing and selection – requires a set of specific skills that enable you to make the right choices.
This programme is for you if you want to learn how to prepare for, structure, and conduct successful interviews. It combines the implementation of a recruitment strategy with skill development which you are then able to put into practise. You will be given the tools to develop effective scoring systems and tips on providing feedback to unsuccessful candidates to ensure a fair and objective process built around the requirements of the job role.
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Further Details
On completion of this course you will be able to:
Appreciate the consequences of making a bad recruitment decision
Understand discrimination legislation and its impact on the recruitment process
Define a strategy to get the right fit
Know the essential steps in preparation
Practice the key skills required for a successful recruitment interview
Appreciate the factors to be considered when screening application forms
Programme Focus
Introduction and Objectives
Recruitment and interview process
Defining the process
Reviewing the current methods
Why things go wrong
Consequences of making a bad decision
Identifying roles and responsibilities
Development of an interview plan
Getting the right candidate
Clarifying your requirements
Job descriptions and specifications
Analysing candidate data
Screening applications
Competency/behavioural interviewing
What is it?
Techniques for validating information from the candidate
The interview setting
Interviewing structure
First impressions
Setting the right environment
Style of interview – one-to-one/panel
Effective communication
Overcoming barriers to communication
Building rapport
Positive body language
Questioning techniques and effective listening
Open and closed questions
Probing questions – seeking evidence
Note taking – recording information
Employment legislation and equal opportunities
Current legislation on selection
Lawful and unlawful
Subconscious decisions and discrimination
Post interview process
Review candidate against competencies/behaviours
Selection of the right candidate reviewing performance, strengths, weaknesses
Giving feedback to unsuccessful candidates
Review of Programme
This Training Course is taught in classrooms in the following locations:
Slough
London EC
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