Introduction

This five-day course teaches practical recruitment skills for hiring the right people. You will learn workforce planning, writing effective job descriptions, sourcing candidates, running structured interviews and making fair selection decisions. The course covers employment law basics, inclusive hiring practices, candidate experience and recruitment metrics. Materials include templates, checklists and practice exercises you can apply immediately.

Objectives

Week 1

Day 1 – Foundations of Recruitment

1. Recruitment Planning
- Understanding workforce planning principles
- Identifying current and future hiring needs
- Aligning recruitment with business objectives

2. Job Analysis and Role Design
- Conducting job analysis
- Defining key responsibilities and competencies
- Identifying essential and desirable criteria

3. Writing Effective Job Descriptions
- Preparing competency-based job descriptions
- Developing clear person specifications
- Creating measurable selection criteria

Day 2 – Candidate Sourcing

1. Recruitment Strategies
- Selecting appropriate recruitment channels
- Developing sourcing plans
- Planning recruitment campaigns

2. Candidate Attraction
- Writing effective job advertisements
- Building employer brand awareness
- Managing employee referral programmes

3. Candidate Screening
- Reviewing CVs and applications
- Shortlisting against objective criteria
- Preparing candidates for assessment

Day 3 – Selection and Interviewing

1. Structured Interview Design
- Developing competency-based interview questions
- Creating interview scorecards
- Standardising interview processes

2. Interview Skills
- Conducting professional interviews
- Assessing behavioural evidence
- Managing challenging interview situations

3. Assessment Methods
- Using practical assessment exercises
- Evaluating technical and behavioural competencies
- Combining assessment results objectively

Day 4 – Recruitment Compliance and Decision-Making

1. Employment Law Fundamentals
- Understanding recruitment legislation
- Applying equal opportunity principles
- Maintaining recruitment documentation

2. Fair and Inclusive Recruitment
- Recognising unconscious bias
- Applying objective selection methods
- Promoting diversity and inclusion

3. Selection Decisions
- Comparing candidate evaluations
- Conducting hiring discussions
- Preparing employment recommendations

Day 5 – Recruitment Performance and Practical Workshop

1. Recruitment Metrics
- Measuring time-to-fill
- Evaluating quality-of-hire
- Monitoring cost-per-hire

2. Recruitment Process Improvement
- Identifying recruitment bottlenecks
- Improving candidate experience
- Strengthening recruitment efficiency

3. Recruitment Simulation
- Completing a full recruitment exercise
- Preparing recruitment documentation and hiring recommendations
- Course review, feedback and implementation planning