Successful Recruitment Interviewing
With increasing competition for good candidates, selecting and retaining the best people is essential for all organisations. Recruiting staff requires a well-prepared, consistent and structured approach, from sole interviewer and panel alike, to find, attract and secure essential talent. Managers – often working alongside HR and recruitment colleagues – play an important role in preparing specifications, interviewing candidates and making selections. This course provides participants with access to best practice, alternative selection and recruitment approaches, and practice, feedback and guidance in improving their interviewing technique.
Individual benefits:
- Define requirements: establish job criteria and prepare candidate specifications
- Prepare for and plan interviews successfully
- Gather evidence through effective questioning
- Learn how to assess candidates against your criteria
- Make sure you discriminate between rather than against
- Promote your organisation at interviews to attract key candidates
- Assess and improve your style and approach
Organisational benefits:
- Find, attract and secure talent
- Avoid costly legal pitfalls
- Adopt a consistent and effective approach throughout the organisation
What the training covers:
- Understanding the process of recruitment
- The person specification
- The purpose of sifting
- Legal aspects of recruitment
- Questioning and listening skills
- Criteria-based interviewing
- Devloping key communication skills for the recruitment procses
- Preparing, planning and structuring the interview
- Evaluation and assessment of candidates, including note-taking