In today’s competitive business world one of the challenges is to have right people for the right position. On the other hand to get right employee company does not put in adequate effort in their recruitment procedure. Therefore in most of the cases they end up with wrong people and struggle a lot to get the job done efficiently. And no one thinks about the costs incurred by an organization when a wrong hiring decision is made.
In our country it is presumed that it is only the responsibility of a job seeker to get prepared for the interview. It is equally important for the employer to take even more preparation to hire a person they are looking for. Effective interviewing technique, recruitment and selection methods are the first vital steps in building a winning team. Interview is a mutual screening process. Lots of preparation needs to get the person you are looking for. One single technique could not be the best. Combination of techniques and competency level of interviewer can be designed to get the right person on board.
The recruitment and selection skills course is for the Line Managers, Senior Managers, Departmental Head, HR and Development Professionals responsible for recruitment and selection or those who would appreciate an update of their knowledge and skills.

Training Objectives
• Conduct necessary job analysis for different levels of employees
• Prepare job descriptions and personnel specifications for each level
• Design suitable interview techniques
• Make necessary preparations to interview applicants
• Prepare individual and panel interviews
• Prepare suitable interview questions

Content

Module 1: Job Analysis

• How to do a simple job analysis in order to use it for the interview (understanding the job that needs to be filled)
• The components of a competency: knowledge, skills and behaviors
• Deciding on selection criteria relevant for the job
• Weighting of each selection criteria
• The impact of personal and company resources on job performance

Module 2: Attracting suitable applicants

• Where to look for the applicants
• Choosing the advertising media
• Preparing press advertisements

Module 3: Drawing up a short list

• Sifting through the applications
• Selecting applicants for interview
• Communication to applicants

Module 4: Practice interview

Practice interviews (1):
• Practice panel interviewing exercises
• Feedback

Practice interviews (2):
• Practice panel interviewing exercises
• Feedback
Content of Day Two

Module 5: Questioning skills and techniques to take interview

• Why ask questions?
• The art of asking questions.
• Different types of questioning techniques

Module 6: Various selection methods

• Assessment Centre’s, Behavior Based Interviews, Work samples, Ability Assessments, Unstructured
Interviews, also the success they are in terms of predicting the best candidate for the job

Module 7: Preparing for the interviews

• Preparing the interviewee
• Preparing an interview panel
• Preparing an interview plan
• Preparing interview questions
• Preparing the paperwork
• Preparing the interview room
• Avoiding the most common pitfalls
Practice interviews (3):
• Practice individual interviewing exercises
• Feedback

Module 8: Assessment and selection

• Using assessment forms
• Selecting the ideal applicant
• Following up your selection