Workshop

Recruitment, Selection and Interviewing Skills

Objectives: to give delegates a sound understanding of good practice in recruitment, including competency based recruitment and selection.

Workshop details

Objectives: to give delegates a sound understanding of good practice in recruitment, including competency based recruitment and selection, and to assist in maximising the selection and appointment of the right candidate whilst observing legal requirements and minimising risks of discrimination.

Duration: Single day workshop

Programmes are agreed on a client by client basis.

Details of the subjects covered in this programme:

  • The Nature of the Contractual Relationship:
    • Express terms and implied terms
    • Promises and undertakings
    • Offers conditional on medicals and references
  • Defining the Job:
    • The nature, purpose and importance of the job descriptions
    • Person specifications
    • The content of a job description/person specification
  • Brief Review of Discrimination in Recruitment, an outline of the relevant statutory provisions in recruitment:
    • Protected characteristics under the Equality Act
    • The legal requirements and penalties
    • Minimising the risks of discrimination in recruitment
    • Disability discrimination and recruitment, including the
    • Duty to make reasonable adjustments
    • Medicals and medical questionnaires
  • Other Restrictions:
    • Spent criminal convictions
    • Employing foreign nationals
  • Assessing Applications:
    • Initial analysis of applications
    • Measuring candidates against job requirements, skills and competencies
    • Notifying rejected candidates
    • Preparing a short list – the essential criteria
    • Notifying rejected candidates
  • Preparing for the Interview:
    • The interview environment
    • Planning the structure and preparing questions
    • Skill and aptitude tests
  • Competency Based Interviewing & Selection
    • Establishing job competencies
    • Distinguishing essential and desirable criteria
    • Preparing questions in order to check competencies
  • Conducting the Interview:
    • Structure and stages of the interview
    • The importance of collecting essential information
    • Asking ‘open’ questions
    • Avoiding multiple questions
    • Dealing with evasive answers/responses

Practical exercises – preparing a job description/key task analysis and developing a series of competency based questions to put to candidates at interview to check required competencies.

Key Contact

Anthony Wilcox

Partner in Employment Law

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Below are some questions that we are frequently asked by clients who require advice on Employment Law

Why should an employer provide employment law and HR training to its managers?

Managing people within the law ensures that a business operates efficiently, while creating an appropriate workplace culture.  The cost of disruption caused by absence, poor conduct and under-performance are significant, both in terms of productivity and the impact on colleagues, affecting morale and staff retention. Tackling these problems requires an understanding of how to work within the framework provided by the law to minimise the risk of expensive Employment Tribunal claims.

Additionally, employers are expected to take steps to ensure that their workplace is free of discrimination and harassment, which includes providing suitable training and refreshing that training at appropriate intervals.

Will your training be too legalistic and lack the understanding needed to apply the legal principles effectively in the workplace?

No. We have a long track record of delivering training and feedback consistently comments on our ability to provide practical and relevant guidance in easy-to-understand language. We train delegates ranging from supervisors and team leaders working on the factory floor through to senior executives, Directors and HR professionals, tailoring our approach to the topics being covered and the delegates attending.

Do your training courses encourage participation?

Yes.  We encourage delegates to ask questions throughout the workshop so that relevant issues can be discussed at the time we are dealing with subjects. Additionally, our workshops usually use case studies to encourage discussion of the topics we are featuring, which feedback has shown delegates find both useful and interesting.

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