Are you responsible for recruiting and selecting the best people for your organisation? Learn the interviewing skills that experienced managers use to make sound recruitment decisions. This programme will equip you with the skills to practice efficient and effective recruitment habits which targets the correct candidates. Time will be spent on conducting meaningful interviews and use other assessment tools for selecting the best candidate. Learn to identify warning signs and red flags. Practical examples and actual case studies will expose you to real-life recruiting scenarios.
The targeted selection interviewing is a method used to evaluate candidates’ competencies based on their past behaviour in order to hire the right people for a given job. The target selection process is favourable by many employers who opt for the concept that past performance (& behaviour) predicts future performance – the targeted selection model of interviewing is well known method these days and used by many recruiters.
The series of the target selection questions are designed well before the job interview and are chosen per a given job requirement. Selecting the correct staff remains one of the biggest challenges in business. Interviewing is a skill needed by many professionals. Many managers and Human Resources professionals need to interview prospective candidates for jobs, others interview internal and external customers in order to get relevant information. Interviewing is in essence a communication skill – we train our learners to become excellent listeners and observers to make any interviewing (and negotiation) process succeed during this two-day programme. Many practical exercises ensure that knowledge is reinforced to ensure that both skill and knowledge is acquired..
Your comprehensive programme includes:
- Avoid wasting time on unproductive interviews by learning how to accurately read between the lines of a CV and dismissing unqualified candidates
- Gaining a list of revealing, targeted questions that you should use during interviews to get to the bottom of any areas of concern
- Discovering how to use active listening and questioning as a “sifting” tool
- Uncovering the “secrets” of reading body language and spotting verbal “tells” that indicate if the candidate is telling the truth – or bluffing
- Learn how to sum up a candidate’s personality from their attitude in the interview that will allow you to assess whether they will fit into your team
- Discover proven interviewing techniques to ensure that the candidate reveals more about themselves than they maybe planned to
- Brainstorm additional ways of selection that will complement your interview in order to ensure that the correct candidate gets chosen
- Look into successful ways to make the final decision when you are faced with several qualified candidates to choose between
Marjon Meyer 
