Recruitment and Selection Skills for Hiring Managers

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Duration: 1 – 2 day(s)

Overview

As a business, people are your greatest investment. You will want to put your best foot forward when it comes to hiring great talent, who will be an asset to your organisation. Of course, it also goes without saying, that choosing the wrong candidate can be a time-consuming and costly mistake.

This course, delivered by Glass Rock, prepares your people for the recruitment process from start to finish – from writing the job description, shortlisting applicants, communicating with applicants throughout the process, conducting interviews, offering the right candidate the role and negotiating employment terms and conditions, consistent with a fair process and within legal guidelines.

Leaders and Managers will learn to:

  • Screen candidates and know what to look for
  • Ask competency and behavioural based questions
  • Articulate the organisational value proposition to optimise talent acquisition and retention
  • Apply strategic questioning and listening
  • Assess the alignment of the candidate capabilities to that of the requirement.

 

Challenges Addressed

  • Articulating the organisational value proposition
  • Interviewing skills
  • Candidate assessment skills.

 

Target Audience

This Glass Rock course is designed for leaders and managers engaged in the process of recruitment and selection. This training can be customised by Glass Rock specifically for your team.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this program, participants will:

  • Understand the changing landscape of recruitment over the past 10 years
  • Learn the importance of the recruitment process and their contribution
  • Read between the lines – a lateral approach to reading resumes and avoiding the God
  • Understand what is most important when screening candidates
  • Be able to identify the difference between an outstanding candidate and an average candidate playing the game
  • Be able to detect authenticity and identify conviction in any candidate
  • Be able to interview using competency and behavioural interview questions
  • Be able to avoid the 10 most common interview mistakes leaders make during the process
  • Be able to maximise 60 minutes of interview time
  • Understand the power of playing devil’s advocate
  • Be able to use body language, eye contact and gestures purposely to assess cultural fit, strengths and motivations
  • Use five key steps to present a strong and congruent value proposition
  • Know how to identify any candidate inspired and compelled to join their organisation.

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