Effective recruitment

Programme

Recruitment strategy and planning

• Introduction to modern recruitment: goals, objectives and trends.
• Types of recruitment: internal and external, active and passive search.
• The recruiter's role in the company.
• Analysing staffing needs and creating a job profile.
• Writing an effective job description: what attracts candidates.
• Planning the selection stages and developing the recruitment funnel.
• Developing and implementing a candidate search strategy.
• Using HR analytics to optimise the process.
• Practical assignment: Creating a vacancy profile and a recruitment plan.
• Cases on recruiting and planning

Active candidate search

• Search sources: job boards, social networks (LinkedIn, professional groups), company websites.
• Direct search (Executive Search) and the methodology for finding passive candidates.
• Using ATS systems (Applicant Tracking System) and their functions.
• Networking and using referrals.
• Practice: writing effective messages for finding candidates on LinkedIn.
• Working with CV databases and search automation tools.

Candidate assessment

• Effective interviewing techniques: the STAR method, behavioural questions, situational questions.
• Assessing hard skills and soft skills.
• Different types of interviews: telephone, video interview, assessment centre, panel interview.
• Assessment tools: tests, cases, test assignments.
• Practical assignment: Role play «Interview with a candidate» with feedback.
• Competency-based assessment and forming a conclusion on the final candidate.

Closing the vacancy and onboarding

• Techniques for handling candidates' objections.
• Making the Job Offer: content and legal aspects.
• The onboarding process: what matters for the successful adaptation of a new employee.
• Interaction with line managers during onboarding.
• Evaluating recruitment effectiveness: metrics and KPIs (time to fill, cost per hire, quality of hire).
• Analysing feedback from hired employees and managers.
• Cases (examples, analysis). Summing up