Effective Recruitment and Selection Techniques

Course details

This practical one day recruitment and selection course provides delegates with the skills, knowledge and confidence to recruit and select the right team member for the job.

We recommend that the recruitment and selection training programme is supported with the current recruitment and selection documentation and process to ensure that the training embeds best practice across the organisation.

For the interview skills practice sessions, our experience shows participants acquire a deeper level of learning when practising their interviewing skills with either internal candidates not attending the programme and unfamiliar to the participants e.g. casual staff or external candidates to the organisation. It provides them with more of a ‘real life’ experience.

Target Audience

The one day training course in recruitment and selection is ideal for managers with limited experience of recruitment, wanting to develop some skills and confidence in interviewing new team members to produce an accurate assessment, as well as understanding the whole selection process.

Course Objectives

By the end of the one day training course, the participants will have:

• Recognised the importance of adopting a structured recruitment process and the use of relevant selection methods
• Screened candidates’ CVs or application forms using an agreed selection criteria for a job role and identify anomalies for further research
• Prepared for a first stage selection interview to ensure they create the right first impressions and candidate engagement
• Asked effective questions and accurately assess the candidate’s potential suitability for the role

Course Overview

• Effective recruitment and selection methods
• Screening and short listing job applicants
• Structuring and preparing for interviews
• Using effective questions
• Actively listening and taking notes
• Preparing for the selection interview
• Making the selection decision