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Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection
Course Duration:
One Day (2 Day programme also available)
Who Should Attend:
Any people who are involved in the selection and/or recruitment of staff, including Line managers, HR managers, Recruitment consultants, HR recruitment staff and Employment Equity Committee Members.
Course Outcomes:
- To familiarise participants with legal requirements for and impact on recruitment and selection
- To enable participants to use non-discriminatory practices and procedures in all recruitment
- To teach participants how to effectively advertise for, interview and select job applicants
- To enable participants to suitably identify the right behavioural and technical competencies in applicants, which adhere to the requirements of the job
- To ensure that recruiters in the organisation provide a relevant and valuable service to line functions
- To reduce employee turnover and the cost of recruitment and training
Programme content includes the following:
1. Introduction:
- Interviewing Problem Areas
- The Aim of Competency-Based Recruitment
- Recruitment and the Employment Equity Act – The Legal Framework
- The Cost of Incorrect Recruitment
2. Preparing for Recruitment:
- Job Analysis
- Developing Job Descriptions & Outlines
- Recruitment advertising
- Writing Technical Competencies & Qualifications
- Core Behavioural Competencies
- Telephonic screening of applicants
- Reference-checking
3. The Selection / Interview Process:
- Different Types of Assessment
- Behavioural Event Interviewing
- Competency-based Interview Questions
- Developing Equitable Evaluation & Rating Procedures
- Planning the Selection Interview
- Skills for Structured Interviews
- Do’s & Don’ts for Selection Interviews
- Role Plays and group learning application exercises
- Understanding Potential Biases
- Ensuring Unbiased Assessment of Candidates
- Assessing Candidates in Groups & Panel Interviews
- Post Assessment Activities
