Hiring for Success: Behavioral Interviewing Techniques

Interviewing sounds easy enough: you arrange for a conversation between you and potential candidates, and then select the best person for a particular position. But what if you could refine the process in such a way that you were confident that you are selecting the right person? How do you separate the good from the great, when they have similar work experience and strengths to offer? This two-day workshop will give you the skills and tools to hire successful candidates.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the costs incurred by an organization when a wrong hiring decision is made
• Describe how to develop a fair and consistent interviewing process for selecting employees
• Prepare effective  job advertisements and use a variety of markets
• Develop a job analysis and position profile
• Describe to use traditional, behavioral, achievement oriented, holistic, and situational (critical incident) interview questions
• List communication skills that are essential for a skilled recruiter
• Determine how to effectively interview difficult applicants
• Identify ways to check references more effectively
• Recognize basic employment and human rights laws that can affect the hiring process

How You Will Benefit:

• Improved employee attraction
• Improved talent pool
• Enhanced communication
• Greater efficiency and effectiveness
• Reduced employee turnover

Who Should Attend:

Human Resource Professionals or leadership responsible for candidate interviews

Prerequisites: None

Course Format: Live instructor led (synchronous)

Course Duration: 16 hours