Recruiting, Interviewing and Selecting Employees (Live Online)

The everything you need to know before you say you're hired seminar.Who Should Attend:Professionals with two years or less of experience in hiring, including newly hired HR professionals, HR practitioners who lack formal training, non-HR specialists who recruit, interview and/or hire as part of their jobs, and long-time HR practioners who want to reinforce or update their skills.Learn everything you need to know about employee selection in this seminar! Making the wrong hiring decision means throwing away a substantial investment of time and money on recruitment, training and benefits. This fundamentals seminar is your ticket to make the right hiring decisions and contribute more to your company's bottom line.How you will benefit:Improve your overall employee selection approachAttract talent through innovative employee recruitment sourcesLearn how to effectively use telephone screening and other methods to filter out the wrong applicantsPractice interviewing techniques to refine and develop your skills as an interviewer—including how to open and close the meetingUnderstand how to ask the right questions to find out the information you need to knowAvoid interview “traps”—EEO and affirmative actionWhat you will cover:Recruitment ChallengesRecruitment BasicsInterview PreparationLegal FactorsInterview Questioning TechniquesTypes of Employment InterviewsInterview ComponentsDocumentationReferences and Background ChecksSelectionCourse Outline:Learning ObjectivesExplain the Impact of Recruitment-Related Challenges on the Hiring ProcessIdentify Categories to Both Explore and Ignore During an Interview in Order to find the “Best Fit”Distinguish Between the Effectiveness of Different Types of Questions and When They Are Best AskedIdentify Those Components That Will Contribute to Making an Informed Hiring DecisionAssess the Impact of Employment Law on Each Stage of the Hiring ProcessThe Hiring ProcessDetermine Current Individual Interviewing Skills and Knowledge in Relation to Key Elements of an Effective InterviewDescribe the Benefits of Effective Interviewing SkillsIdentify the Effects of a Poorly Planned and Executed Hiring ProcessIsolate the Components of a Comprehensive Hiring ProcessRecruitment ChallengesDescribe the Factors Affecting RecruitmentExplore Applicant and Employer PerspectivesIdentify the Process for Developing an Effective Recruitment PlanIdentify Legal Concerns with Regard to the Impact of Employment Law on RecruitmentRecruitment SourcesIsolate Organizational and Job-Specific CompetenciesIdentify the Benefits and Risks of Various Recruitment SourcesAttract Qualified ApplicantsInterview ComponentsIdentify What Applicants Need to KnowIdentify “Best Fit” QualitiesSet the StageExamine Legal Concerns Regarding Interview ComponentsInterview Questioning TechniquesDistinguish Between the Effectiveness of Different Types of Questions and When They Are Best AskedDiscuss the Competency-Based Approach to Interviewing Compared with Other MethodsExamine Legal Concerns Regarding Questioning TechniquesFormula for SuccessIdentify the Role of Active ListeningIdentify the Role of Body LanguageDiscuss Applicant Interest vs. SkillDiscuss How to Select the Most Productive Type of InterviewDocumentationDiscuss How Documentation Is Used in the Hiring ProcessExamine Legal Concerns Regarding DocumentationCompare Effective vs. Ineffective DocumentationSocial Networks and the Hiring ProcessDefine and Assess How Social Media Is Used During the Hiring ProcessExplain the Components of a Social Media PolicyIdentify the Legal Concerns Regarding Social Media and HiringThe Final SelectionDiscuss the Advantages and Disadvantages of Traditional Selection ConsiderationsExamine Legal Concerns About the Final SelectionDevelop Final Selection Guidelines