Successful Selection Skills
This programme equips participants with the knowledge and skills to successfully hire the right candidates for their teams.
During the programme participants will explore the entire hiring process from compiling detailed job and personal specifications, to screening CV’s, preparing interview questions, role-playing interviews and choosing the best candidates. We can also bring in some of the issue around legal during the programme as appropriate.
Introduction & Objectives
- The Steps in successful selection
- Interviewing: Do's and Don'ts
- Hiring – the Irish legal context
- Finding candidates (advertising, agencies, etc.,)
An Overview of Interviewing
- Types of Interviews
- Interview Design
- 4 steps to interviewing
Step 1: Preparation
- - Determining the requirements of the job
- - Job Analysis using KSA (Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes)
- - Competency frameworks
- - Performance standards
- - Analysing CV’s
- - Developing the interview plan
- - Questioning techniques
- - Designing questions
Step 2: Conducting the Interview
- - Interview Stages
- - Communication skills
- - Listening - 4 levels
- - Candidate Behavioural Styles
- - Interview role-plays with feedback
Step 3: Assessing Candidates
- - Evaluating and scoring candidates
- - Dangerous influences
Step 4: Making the decision
- - Comparing candidates
- - Deciding who to hire
- - Checking references
- - Making the offer
- - Giving feedback to unsuccessful candidates
