Recruitment & selection

Please note all of our course are tailored to suit - below is a sample outline for a two-day course we recently conducted for an oil & gas company in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Recruitment & Selection - Interviewing Skills Course (2-days)

Training Objectives

To identify and develop critical skills needed for effective recruitment interviewing.

Competencies Developed

Participants will:

• Recognise the complexities of recruitment and selection in today’s modern environment
• Understanding the stages of recruitment and selection, and the importance of each stage
• Apply and use a plan for selection short listing that will dramatically save time
• Consider the concept of and know when to use testing, and personality questionnaires and when assessment centres are appropriate.
• Be able to write and practice using pre written questions and the scoring system.
• Be able to use and decode behavioural body language

Methods: self–assessment, role-play, small group work, facilitated exercises, practice presentations and feedback to facilitate learning and assist participants to raise their confidence and improve their communication skill level.

Course Outline

 Day 1 – Skills development - The ‘Art’ of interviewing

• Introduction and seminar objectives
• Self assessment – knowledge and interviewing skills
• Introducing the recruitment process
• Communication Skills for Recruitment
• How your individual style affects what you say and how others answer
• Listening, understanding silence as an effective tool of recruitment & selection
• How to listen actively and respond accordingly
• Short listing, and behaviour led interviewing
• Open/closed and probing questions
• Language – verbal & non-verbal
• Understanding ‘body language’
• How to tell when candidates are not telling the truth
• Preparation and practice, role plays & exercises
• End of day review

 Day 2 – The Selection Process

• The process of interviewing –the questioning process
• How to sell the company and be a model PR person throughout the interview
• The techniques of conducting a professional interview – room layout, positioning, how to structure the panel, etc
• Techniques to improve the decision making progress.
• Ensuring your interview is in accordance with the law
• The use of assessment centres
• The use of psychometrics and personality testing
• The future of recruitment & selection
• Preparation and practice, role plays & exercises
• Development of personal action plans
• Final review and evaluation