Recruiting, selecting and inducting new staff in the workplace

As the war for talent grows, attracting and retaining the right people has never been more important for organisations of all sizes.

This course helps develop best practice in recruitment, selection and induction techniques to improve your attraction and retention strategies.

Anyone involved in the recruitment and retention of employees for your organisation.

Own organisational recruitment policies and procedures
Basic legal aspects of recruitment
Simple techniques for job analysis
How to prepare job descriptions and person specifications
Range of methods of advertising vacancies, internally and externally, and how to select the most appropriate for a variety of posts
The relative merits of internal and external applications
Use of job descriptions and person specifications to shortlist applicants
Preparation for selection interviews to ensure impartiality and optimum decision
Selection interviewing techniques
Alternative methods for selecting the most suitable applicant
The importance of effective induction
The phases of induction (eg organisational, local team, facilities, spread over time)
Matching of organisational and individual needs during induction
Legal and practical aspects of health and safety to be included
Methods to monitor and record an individual’s progress
How to evaluate the effectiveness of the induction process