Recruitment and Selection
The recruitment and selection process is about finding the best talent that suits the organization's culture. Hiring the right talent has always been and always will be vital. Recruiters with a solid understanding of the type of talent they're recruiting tend to be the most successful, however high-tech requisitions can cause challenges for even the best recruiter. IT and Software Engineering positions are among the most challenging for recruiters especially those without a full understanding of the overall high-tech landscape and associated technical skills and details. An impactful description for any job opening is one of the most crucial elements for hiring the best candidates. Today's competitive job landscape requires companies and recruiters to create more imaginative, yet targeted postings; they must to be clear, concise, engaging and relevant. With the continued growth of social media sites and other less traditional advertising resources available today, recruiters must also be expert marketers.
Our Topics Include
- Assessing the vacancy
- Identifying knowledge, skills and behaviors required
- Defining the recruitment and selection process
- Understanding the cost of recruitment
- Methods of recruitment
- Questioning to
- Explore the Behavior
- Questions to explore the candidate's character,
- Questions to explore Emotional intelligence,
- Questions to explore capabilities and
- Questions to explore workplace behavior and style
- How to explore using
- Open Questions,
- Closed Questions,
- Theoretical Questions,
- Alternative Questions,
- Reflective Questions.
- Conducting the Interview
- Interview objectives and structuring an interview plan for each candidate
- Recognizing the need to 'sell' the job opportunity to candidates,
- Focusing on highlighting the key advantages and benefits of the Organization
- Creating an open environment so that the candidate is encouraged to open up and relax
- Overcoming barriers to communication using positive body language
- Keeping the interview on track and using effective listening and questioning skills
- The role of career, motivational and cultural fit
- Selling the Employee Value Proposition
- Interviewing techniques
- How to structure an interview
- Interviewing skills
- Controlling the interview and closing the interview
- The principles of effective Competency Based Interviewing
- Asking behavioural questions
- The CAR (Circumstance, Action, Results) methodology
- Probing to solicit the best possible response
- Note-taking and maintaining records
- Recording information for future use
- After the Interview
- Reviewing candidate qualities, attributes and skills against set criteria
- Selecting the right candidate - evaluating performance, strengths and weaknesses
- Understanding competencies
- Evaluating candidates and making the right decision
- Unconscious bias and its impact on the selection process
- Evaluating responses
- Post-interview integration
- Providing effective feedback