Recruitment Skills - Attracting the Best

Overview
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to be confident and highly effective at choosing the very best candidates. The practical and interactive style of the course will enable you to share best practice and gain invaluable experience of interviewing.

Course objectives

To give you the skills and expertise to be able to attract and select the best candidates for your team or organisation.

By the end of this course you will have learned

• How to attract the best candidate for the role
• How to consider and understand the legal aspects involved in recruitment and role requirements
• How to select the most appropriate recruitment method
• How to conduct an effective interview
• How to make excellent recruitment decisions

Who should attend?

Anyone involved in the recruitment process

Pre Requisites

None




Course synopsis




Attracting the Best Candidate

• Considering what is your company's Unique Selling Proposition and be able to communicate this at interview
• Understanding the current recruitment market and the demand for talent
• Understanding the costs of recruitment and staff turnover
• Using the most effective methods for attracting candidates
• Knowing how to identify high quality candidates

Considerations

• Understanding the key legal considerations when recruiting including equal opportunities, diversity etc
• Developing a job specification or role profile
• Understanding the most effective recruitment method e.g. interview, assessment centre

The Interview

• Preparing and structuring an interview
• Using structured or competency style questions
• Learning effective and powerful interview questions
• Using active listening techniques
• Positively managing body language and building rapport
• Effectively and confidently conducting an interview

Choosing the Best Candidate

• Making the right recruitment decision
• Giving feedback to candidates
• Agreeing terms