ADVANCED RECRUITMENT, INTERVIEW AND SELECTION SKILLS

COURSE COVERAGE

Course Methodology 

The course is divided into three equal parts covering recruitment, interviewing and selection. Each part explores the trends and best practices associated with the topic in such a way that participants will be able to reflect on, and benchmark, their company’s practices. Moreover, almost half of the course will be dedicated to skill building exercises such as role plays, video presentations, trends reports and scenario interviews. The course activities are carefully crafted to ensure the transfer of knowledge to skills. 

Course Objectives 

By the end of the course, participants will be able to: 

• Plan and execute a professional recruitment campaign by using job profiles to attract the right quantity and quality of job candidates 
• Apply the right measures and KPIs to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment efforts 
• Explain the various methods for assessing candidates and the validity and reliability of each 
• Create fairness and objectivity by utilizing standards and best practices throughout the various recruitment, interviewing and selection stages 
• Use the data collected from the recruitment and assessment stages to produce meaningful interview reports 

Target Audience 

Experienced and senior professionals in the recruitment and selection function as well as senior employees in Human Resources. The course is also very useful for those working in workforce planning and nationalization. 

Target Competencies 

• Recruitment 
• Assessment and selection 
• Analytical skills 
• Applying expertise 
• Planning and organizing 
• Decision making 

Course Outline 

• Recruitment plans 

• Defining needs 
• Planning the various stages 
• Roles of line managers and recruitment personnel 
• Capturing and tabulating information 
• Producing recruitment reports 
• Internal recruitment sources 
• External recruitment sources 
• Middle East recruitment trends 

• Candidate assessment 

• Validity and reliability of assessment methods 
• Job fit and organizational fit assessment 
• Assessment centers 
• Reasons interviews are not enough 
• Improving the reliability of interviews 

• Fairness and objectivity issues 

• Why CVs and résumés are unfair 
• Fair interview formats and structures 
• Standardized interview guides 
• Timings and venues 

• Advanced interviewing techniques 

• Importance of information and data capture 
• Separating fact from fiction 
• Avoiding ‘diplomatic’ or ‘politically correct’ answers 
• Probing and funneling 

• Producing interview reports 

• Objective versus subjective reports 
• Translating reports to numbers 
• The use of competency levels in interview reports 
• Post interview steps : offer and regret letters 

• Measuring recruitment efforts 

• Internal versus external recruitment effectiveness 
• Effectiveness and efficiency measures 
• The main KPIs for measuring the recruitment function: 
  • Applicant response ratios 
  • Qualified application ratios 
  • Yield rates 
  • Time to fill and time to join 
  • Offer acceptance ratio 

• Exit interviews 

• When, how and by whom 
• Format and content 
• Analysis and findings 
• Reporting findings 
• Exit interview sample

Duration: 2 days

Class Session : 10:00am – 4:00pm each day including Breakfast and Lunch time

Customize Your Training

This training solution and other training topics from McTimothy Associates are currently available as residential/in-house option.

Please Note

McTimothy Associates Reserves the right to postpone or cancel a course due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. In such cases delegate(s) will be registered for the next run of the Course.

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