Interviewing successfully for recruitment

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Course Objectives:
In today's ultra competitive market, the value of recognising the best candidate for the job cannot be over-estimated. Successful recruitment presents an ongoing challenge and attracting and selecting the right candidate is fundamental to future success. The cost of making the wrong choice in recruitment is both expensive and hugely time-consuming.

Our Interviewing successfully for recruitment course will help you meet the challenges of the interview situation, use the proper tools for the job and greatly increase the chance of making the right selection decision first time.

Contents:

  • Using the most reliable methods to select the right applicant
  • Preparing for the interview - creating the picture of what you are looking for
  • The job purpose, job description and a person specification
  • The difference between "essential" and "desirable" when forming a person specification
  • Communication skills during the interview situation
  • Determining competency through situational questioning
  • Preparing the interview room
  • Communication with the candidate - building rapport and the importance of putting the candidate at ease
  • The five part structure - greeting, route mapping, investigating, providing information and summarising
  • Selling the position and your organisation - impressing candidates that meet your requirements
  • The interview summary and checklist
  • The legal framework - highlight key laws and regulations and their impact upon the interview process
  • Practical exercises within the group
  • Retaining good will by following up in the correct manner


Who should attend:
Anyone involved in the recruitment and selection of others or for those new to the personnel function.

Course benefits:
  • Interview confidently in a wide range of situations
  • Clarify objectives for different types of interview
  • Develop effective questioning techniques
  • Achieve postive outcomes from different types of interview


Additional information:
Participants in this workshop will gain an understanding of Best Practice techniques for successful candidate selection. From initial phone contact, through to interview, referral and placement, the quality of communication with the candidate strongly influences the results achieved.

Certificates:
All delegates who successfully complete this course will receive a certificate of attendance.

Trainers background:
The trainer for this course has extensive experience in design and delivery of human resource management skills training programmes. They have been successfully delivering training to both public and private sector organisations for over ten years and previously held a number of senior management positions in industry.

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