Overview
This workshop helps make recruitment and selection more ‘scientific’ and less ‘guesswork’. It provides an explanation of the important tools of where and how to advertise, the job description and person specification, and the interview process.Level
This course is designed for anyone with the responsibility of selection and recruitment of staff or who is likely to have that responsibility in the future. The style is participative and case studies are used to illustrate points made.Content
- The legal framework underpinning recruitment of staff in the UK
- Concept and importance of a systematic approach to recruitment and selection
- Formal job analysis
- Principles behind a job description and person specification
- Practise constructing a job description and person specification
- Principles of effective interviewing
- Practising interviewing skills and receiving feedback.
Outcomes
Delegates who complete this course will know how to advertise successfully for staff, understand how to construct a job description and person specification, appreciate the principles of effective interviewing, and get an opportunity to practise their interview skills.Linkages: this course links alongside Developing Staff
Maximum number of delegates: 12
Delivery: One-day workshop available as an accelerated day