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Interviewing skills
Start date:
Location:
04 Dec 08
London
19 Feb 09
Birmingham
18 Mar 09
London
16 Apr 09
London
Price:
£899.00
Duration: 2 days
Course
ref:
FIST6
OverviewIn today's competitive market, recruitment presents an ongoing challenge for organisations. Attracting and selecting the right candidate is fundamental to an organisation's future success. The cost of the wrong recruitment decision is expensive both in terms of time and money.
This course has been designed to meet the assumptions and challenges of the interview situation and increase the chance of making the right selection decision first time.
Learning
objectives
- Plan and structure a formal interview and get the information you need to select the right candidate
- Use a number of questioning techniques to uncover information
- Understand the key elements of law that govern the selection and interviewing procedure
- Create a favourable image of your company by promoting the position with the right applicants.
Who is it for?Anyone who interviews and wants a structured approach to the selection procedure.
Course content
- Selection methodology - what are the most reliable methods for selecting the right applicant
- Preparing for the interview - creating the picture of what you are looking for
- Defining and creating a job purpose, job description and a person specification
- The difference between "essential" and "desirable" when forming a person specification
- Using "open" and "closed" questions and their uses within the interview situation
- How to prepare competency-based questions and situational questions. How each of these questions can be used
- Preparing the venue - how to get the room layout and timings right
- Communication in the interview situation - how to build rapport and relax the candidate
- The five part structure for effective interview situations - greeting, route mapping, investigating, providing information and summarising
- Selling your organisation - how to impress candidates that meet your requirements
- The importance of summarising and checking information
- The legal framework - interactive exercises to highlight the key laws and regulations which affect the interview
- Practice sessions within the group
- The interview follow-up, how to retain good will.
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