Recruiting the Best People

1 Day
Edinburgh 6th Jan 2025
3rd Jan 2025
5.5 hours

Course Overview

This course is designed to provide delegates with the competence and confidence to recruit and select suitable staff.

This Recruiting the Best People course is available throughout the UK.

CPD Value 5.5 Hours

Course Locations

Recruiting the Best People London
Recruiting the Best People Manchester
Recruiting the Best People Nottingham
Recruiting the Best People Birmingham
Recruiting the Best People Bristol
Recruiting the Best People Edinburgh
Recruiting the Best People Leeds

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Timetable

09:30 - 10:00

Coffee & Course objectives.

The Recruitment Process step by step.

10:00 – 10.30

How employment legislation impacts on every part of the recruitment process and the impacts of getting it wrong.

10.30- 11.30

Job descriptions and job specifications. Deciding on criteria.

11.30- 12.30

Job adverts. Defining the right candidate for the job and ensuring no discriminatory language is used. Do’s and don’ts.

12.30- 13.30

Lunch break

13.30- 14.30

Short-listing candidates, scoring applicants and avoiding bias

14.30 - 15.30

The importance of interview preparation. Choose the right questions and delivery.

15.30- 16.30

The skills of great communication. Listening and questioning in a supportive environment. Practice makes perfect.

16.30 - 17.00

What have we learnt and what will we do differently?

Action plan.

Testimonials

Virtual course attended.

As always, I very much enjoyed the course, Ursula is an excellent trainer and a lovely person.  You are never bored as she engages constantly with the group and you are very interested in the material.  I would thoroughly recommend any course which Ursula teaches and I hope to receive more training from her in the future.

Mhairi Wren, Northern Lighthouse Board

The training was incredibly useful. it prompted me to think about recruitment in a different way and really probed me to look at how I would approach the whole process.

Poppy Robson, Wilmington Plc

Really enjoyed the day. Tracey is lovely and gave me a lot to think about and implement.

Dawn buckley, Europasonic Uk Ltd

Tracey (the trainer) was very eloquent and a delight to meet. Very approachable and felt very comfortable asking questions.

Julie Purdie, TIC

The course was tailored to our needs and the fresh view on how we do things is great to help us improve.

Ben Turner, TIC
Excellent session, which has given me a lot of food for thought and excellent knowledge of area demonstrated by trainer.
Lucy Speed, Boulting Group Ltd
Inspirational.
Tracy Robinson, Leeds Innovation Centre"

Benefits

  • How to attract suitable applicants
  • A method to shortlist people for interview
  • The ability to prepare for the selection interview
  • How to conduct an effective selection interview
  • The ability to assess suitable people
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