Advanced Recruitment, Interviewing And Selection Skills

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Why Attend

Pressure on recruitment and selection units in organizations seems to be constant if not increasing with time. More is required with less. More effective and new recruitment channels have become a necessity now that branding techniques and use of technology is no longer a choice. The diversification of commonly used selection methodologies has become essential to improve the reliability of selection decisions and improve the quality of hires. Moreover, performance measures and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have become standard in measuring the reliability and effectiveness of recruitment and selection within organizations. This course is designed, and constantly amended, to explore these topics. It is designed from an operational and cultural perspective and is expected to enable participants to build a holistic approach towards their activities and introduce system changes.

Event Date: 08/02/2024 – 10/02/2024

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Overview
Course Outline

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

The 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