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Hiring Right! is designed for business professionals whose
interviewing skills and hiring decisions are expected to be excellent,
presenting a positive impression on the interviewee and yielding positive
results for the company.
Who Should Participate
Human resource professionals
who design or approve position descriptions and screen applicants
Managers who design position
descriptions and interview applicants
Senior executives who
perform confirmation interviews.
Seminar Objectives
Through lecture, discussion,
and group exercises, this
seminar develops your abilities in the following ways:
Introduces
you to the basic model for effective strategic communication
Enhances
your effectiveness in designing position descriptions and interviewing
applicants for those positions
Increases
overall perceptions of your personal and organizational credibility through an
understanding of your target audiences and preparation which focuses on the
needs of that audience
** This half-day seminar
is easily expanded into a full-day workshop with breakout sessions and
practice interviews.
Seminar Topics
Review the basics (The
Straight Talk Model)
Identify elements of
corporate culture that affect hiring (Who would fit?)
Access the competition (What
do the job descriptions look like in the rest of the industry?).
Prepare the job description
(What will the person actually do? What skills, experience, and education are
required?).
Screen resumes carefully
(Use the criteria you prepared.).
Design your questions (What
are the answers you are looking for?).
Recognize your hidden agenda
(What do you want to know that you can’t ask?).
Confirm your thinking
(Practice with a colleague.).
Understand perceptions of
credibility (The only reality is what others perceive!).
Remember that when you
represent the company, you are the company!
What Makes
Hiring Right! a Unique Seminar
Organizations reap immediate
benefit from strategically designed position descriptions that accurately
represent the positions.
Emphasis is on relevant
information that results in immediate application. Participants will leave
the seminar armed with real job descriptions and real interview questions.
Participants learn
successful tactics from each other and support each other in defining
organizational and departmental culture and goals.
Participants select
situations (for example, specific job openings) that accurately reflect real
workplace needs.
The workshop leader is an
experienced interpersonal and corporate communication specialist with proven
success analyzing, developing, and implementing effective professional,
managerial, and organizational communication strategy. |
