This workshop is for anyone involved in recruitment of IT (information technology) professionals. It can be customized for recruitment of other staff.
Maximum number of participants: 12
Course duration
1 Day
Classroom Requirements
Room set up as horseshoe and large enough for team activities, or with break-out rooms for team activities. Overhead projector, flipcharts.
Format
Objectives
After this course a student should be able to
- Develop job profiles for recruitment purposes
- Screen resumes, using job profiles
- Plan and prepare recruitment interviews
- Design questions for interviews
- Structure and conduct interviews
- Document the results of interviews
- Design and use an analysis matrix to rate candidates
- Recognize legal constraints in recruitment
Course outline
- Introduction
- Interview Requirements
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Identifying requirements
- Gathering and verifying information
- Results of ineffective interviews
- Improved interviewing skills
- Planning and Preparation
- Define job requirements
- Job profile/rating system
- Finalize interviewing plan
- Types of interview
- Structure and format selection
- Short-listing applicants
- Preparing to interview
- Strategy
- Framing questions
- Conducting the interview
- Interview Skills
- Using questions
- Assessing the reliability of responses
- Note-taking
- Tact and responsivity
- Telephone interviewing
- Reviewing the interview
- Following the Interview
- Reviewing and evaluating interview results
- Selecting a candidate
- Making and closing an offer
- Conclusion
