Effective Candidate Sourcing & Selection Training Course

Finding the best candidates using creative methods and techniques

• Techniques in advertising for vacancies, including freelance and contract
• What to include in a job advert to make it informational yet appealing.
• Using LinkedIn to approach candidates directly or gain recommendations
• How to short list, avoiding bias, expensive mistakes and lots of hard work
• How to run a successful recruitment or selection campaign for multiple hires

Defining your ideal candidate - character, competencies and credentials

• Defining and writing your candidate's specification and job description
• The key elements, competencies and personality specification
• The five types of interview styles and structure
• The principles of conducting a targeted interview
• Candidate profiling best practice summary

Interviewing in action

• Preparing and planning your interviews
• How to hold virtual interviews and online selection assessment events
• Developing rules of evidence for assessment and questioning
• Answering candidate questions, presenting the job effectively
• Summary of best practice selection and second interviews.
• Recruitment interviewing best practice summary

Selection tools and techniques

• How to use job specific tests and questionnaires.
• Competence-based questions and interview techniques
• Review of psychometric tests available
• Additional insights into personality profiling, including case study
• Best practice in using candidate testing

Short listing and second interview techniques

• Second interview - types of questions to use at a final selection interview
• Recognising questions to avoid and why
• Pitching the job, ideas for attracting the best candidates in a competitive market
• Evaluating and rating evidence; using a rating scale
• Identifying and overcoming unconscious bias

Summary of learning points