Recruitment

Aim

Explore key dimensions of recruitment practice including pay, person specifications and legal practice.

Target audience

People aspiring to supervisory or managerial roles or anyone with an interest in learning more about staff recruitment.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand the basic concepts and models of staff recruitment
  • Explore key dimensions of recruitment practice including pay, person specifications and legal practice
  • Understand the labour market and practical methods for recruitment

Duration

One day

Outline content

  • Alternatives: direct employment and other relationships
  • Establishing the need to recruit
  • What to pay/Equal Pay
  • The Person Specification
  • Staying within the law: race, sex, age, sexuality, religion and belief
  • Where is the labour market, how to recruit?
  • Acquiring a field of applicants

Style

The course will consist of expert input through presentations, a number of group discussions and practical exercises and some cases studies.  Participants will be encouraged to draw up an action plan at the end of the course to put into practice what they have learnt.

Venue

This programme can be run on your premises or at a shared venue for a group of authorities.

Note : this day is usefully combined with our “Selection” training day

Further Details

Please contact Sammi Wu.