Selecting the Shortlist & Preparing the Candidates
Course duration – 2 day
“I want my candidates to get the job”
Business scenario
When recruiting, potential employers want to see 20 good candidates rather than 20 candidates, simple economics state that the more candidates of the right calibre you put forward, the more candidates you are likely to place successfully.
Who will benefit?
This course is aimed at anyone responsible for placing individuals in jobs. It will help you identify the right candidates and prepare them for interview.
Course objectives
By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:
- Identify the benefits of interviewing the right candidates
- State ways of ensuring that candidates meet the selection criteria
- Identify candidates with the right skills
- Match the skills to the job
Course content
Reading the Job Description
What are they looking for?
Reading between the lines
Reading the Person Specification
Required or Desired
What do they actually need?
Qualities vs Qualifications
Reviewing the CV’s
Identifying the important and disregarding the rest
Reading between the lines
What applicants don’t say is as important as what they do
Preparing Candidates for Interview
Preparing for the interview – Physical and Mental
Skills Match
What do you offer above the rest?
Understanding your strengths
Recognising your weakness
Face to Face Communication
Make a good first impression
Body Language
Listening Skills
Handling Nerves
Self Confidence
Dress for success
Keep your personality
Asking and Answering questions
Overcoming Confidence Killers
Course features
This course is highly practical and interactive with discussions and group activity designed to explore issues surrounding recruitment and selection. During the course you will review several job descriptions and person specification together with CV’s to match up the right candidates for the job. Having identified the candidates through role play you will prepare them interview.
