Recruitment Specialist
This course will take you from the basics to the advanced and strategic aspects of this important HR function. It will show you the logical and correct steps you must take to structure and implement recruitment and selection practices in your organization. Being certified, the course will include after course work to ensure a higher learning, higher retention of knowledge as well as better transfer of that knowledge to the work place.
· Define recruitment and selection and the important role this function plays in the success of an organization
· List the main steps that should be followed to develop an effective recruitment plan and select the best methods and sources for attracting qualified candidates
· Choose the most appropriate techniques for short listing and assessing candidates considering the reliability and validity of each
· Select and conduct the most suitable type of selection interviews for varying candidates and situations
· Prepare and conduct a probing interview for any vacancy or job level in the organization
· Implement the right measures and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment efforts
Recruitment and selection
· Recruitment versus selection
· Roles and responsibilities in each stage
· Managing relations with other HR functions
Recruitment plans and defining requirements
· Defining workforce organizational needs
· Planning the various stages
· Roles of line managers
· Roles of recruitment personnel
· Capturing and tabulating information
· Producing recruitment reports
· Building a job profile
· The use of essentials and desirables
Attracting candidates
· Various sources for attracting candidates:
· Employee referrals as a method of sourcing candidates
· Attracting internal candidates
· Advertising: pros and cons
· Internet and websites
· Recruitment agencies and head hunters
· Career fairs and universities
Screening candidates and short listing
· Tangible versus intangible criteria
· The use of CVs, résumés and applications for shortlisting
· Verifying on line applications
The art of interviewing candidates
· Screening and biographical interviews
· Hypothetical interviews
· Panel interviews: pros and cons
· Competency based interviews
Selecting candidates
· Importance of data capture
· Objective versus subjective remarks
· Legal and fairness issues
· Producing a personal profile
· Criteria that should be used
· Use of decision matrixes in selection
· Use of competency gap analysis
Measuring recruitment efforts
· 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
Managers, team leaders, supervisors, administrators, specialists, business partners and officers in the functions of human resources and recruitment whose job require recruiting and selecting employees. The program is also very useful for all those outside human resources who conduct frequent or important selection interviews.