Recruitment Interview Techniques

Recruitment Interviewing

A One-Day Training Course


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Do you regularly hold recruitment interviews?
Recruitment interviewing is one of the most vital, and under-estimated, skills in most companies' operations. Staff who interview prospective candidates at any level are affecting the future of the company, and need to possess the required skills and techniques so that the right people are selected for the job.

We work with you to ensure that your course provides the right tools to be able to prepare for, and deliver, an effective recruitment interview.
You will learn how to plan and systematically approach the interview process, and how to use techniques to identify the 'best fit' between candidate and job.
The result ? More effective interviews will result in better candidate selection, helping to achieve maximum return on your investment in new staff.

Course Aims

To provide appropriate techniques to be able to prepare for, and deliver, an effective recruitment interview.

Who Should Attend?

Anyone who needs to undertake recruitment interviewing as part of their job.

Course Outline: Recruitment Interviewing


Course Content

  • The objectives of a recruitment interview
  • Consequences of making a bad recruitment decision
  • Discrimination legislation and its impact on the recruitment process
  • Psychological barriers in judging interviewees
  • A strategy to get the right fit
  • Writing a ‘person’ specification
  • Essential steps in preparation, including screening application forms
  • Competency based interviewing
  • ‘Funnelling’ technique in questioning
  • Effective listening skills and positive body language signals
  • Setting the correct physical environment for undertaking the interview
  • The W.A.S.P. technique to structure the interview
  • Skill practice in delivering the recruitment interview, with feedback from colleagues
A feature of the training workshop is the use of a Knowledge/Skill Checklist - a list of the knowledge and skills being developed.   Delegates rate themselves at the start and finish of the training course to establish the extent to which they have benefited.   This also gives the delegate, and their line manager, further analysis of their strengths, highlighting any further development needs.

Learning Outcomes

  • Be able to plan for, and have a systematic approach in, carrying out the interviewing process
  • Use the techniques learned to identify the ‘best fit’ between candidate and job
  • Understand how, and when to apply, the right questioning techniques
  • Enhance professionalism at all stages of handling successful, and unsuccessful, candidates

Delegate numbers

We prefer class sizes to be limited to a maximum of 12 delegates



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Public Training Courses for Recruitment Interviewing

Sorry -- we do not arrange scheduled public courses for our Recruitment Interviewing course at the moment.

But if you would like to arrange a private training course, please see the section below and contact us – we'll be pleased to discuss the best options for you.

Private & In-House Training Courses for Recruitment Interviewing

We can also deliver private training courses at our training centres or 'in-house' on your premises, on dates to suit you and your staff.

Course content can either follow the standard outline, or be tailored to your requirements at no extra charge.

Although we will organise your training course for as many delegates as you wish, we recommend that any class does not exceed 12 delegates to ensure that learning objectives are met.

Prices
Prices vary according to the size of the class, but can be as low as £91 per delegate.   See below for more details
            At your offices – from £599.
            At our centres  – from £649.

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Activia, Regus House, 268 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire   SL1 4DX
Telephone: 0845 230 6150 (local rate)

Why Activia for Recruitment Interview Techniques ?

Recruitment Interview Techniques in West London, Birmingham, Slough, London Heathrow and Aylesbury

Activia should be your first choice for techniques for conducting a good interview in the UK.   We provide you with a full range of classes for job-related Business Skills, HR & supervision, Sales and Management Development as well as IT applications from Microsoft, Sage, Adobe, Macromedia, Crystal Reports and Lotus.If you are looking for better job interviews, you will find that Activia offers a level of service that is unrivalled in the market.

Interviewing Techniques

If your requirement is techniques for better interviewing, we can provide you with classes at highly competitive prices. You will find that for learning about effective interviews, Activia will provide more tailored, flexible and focused solutions, and this enables you to get the most from your budget using the minimum of resources.

Courses in London, the Midlands, Berkshire (Berks), Buckinghamshire (Bucks), Surrey, Middlesex and UK wide

We provide Recruitment Interview Techniques courses all over the UK, with modern, fully equipped training centres in the following locations:

West London

Serving London, as well as areas like Brentford, Kew, Watford and Richmond.

London Heathrow

Serving Middlesex and Surrey, covering Uxbridge, Staines, Egham, Sunbury, Hounslow and Twickenham.

Birmingham

Serving Warwickshire and the Midlands, covering Solihull, Dudley and Wolverhampton as well as Coventry, Telford and Worcester.

Slough

Serving Berkshire and the Thames Valley, covering Slough, Reading, Windsor and Maidenhead as well as Bracknell, Newbury and Basingstoke.

Aylesbury

Serving Buckinghamshire, covering Aylesbury, Milton Keynes and High Wycombe, as well as Oxford, Luton and Hemel Hempstead.
Our experienced, high quality trainers will deliver your training to the highest standards and with the maximum effect.

In House Recruitment Interview Techniques Courses across the UK

For in house delivery of Interviewing Techniques, we have an established national UK network of trainers, as well as centres in London, Birmingham, Slough, London Heathrow and Aylesbury, so you can be sure that your techniques for conducting a good interview will be delivered in a quality assured and cost effective manner.   For in-house techniques for better interviewing, you need look no further than Activia.

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