ELEV-HD 019: Employee Recruitment

ELEV-HD 019: Employee Recruitment

Course Number: ELEV-HD 019

Duration: One day

Course Description:

Many organizations rely on posting open positions and waiting for candidates to apply, but this passive approach does not guarantee access to the best talent. Actively recruiting qualified candidates is essential to building a strong, competitive workforce and ensuring long-term organizational success.

Hiring a new employee is one of the most significant investments a business can make. Selecting the wrong candidate can result in high training costs, reduced productivity, and increased turnover. The Employee Recruitment course equips learners with practical strategies to source, interview, and select the right candidates while avoiding common hiring pitfalls. Learners will explore effective recruitment processes, goal setting, interviewing techniques, bias reduction, and retention strategies to support better hiring outcomes.

By the end of this course, learners should be able to:

• Explain the importance of effective recruitment to organizational success
• Apply structured selection and interviewing processes
• Use goal-setting models to support recruitment planning
• Identify and avoid bias during candidate evaluation
• Implement strategies to improve retention and measure recruitment results

Course Modules:

Module One: Introduction to Recruitment

• Defining recruitment
• Understanding recruitment challenges and trends
• Sourcing candidates
• Identifying job requirements

Module Two: The Selection Process

• Conducting job analysis and creating job descriptions
• Selecting recruitment approaches
• Understanding the recruitment interview
• Using testing appropriately

Module Three: Goal Setting

• Using the G.R.O.W. model
• Identifying recruitment goal areas
• Setting SMART goals
• Using productivity journals

Module Four: The Interview

• Conducting phone interviews
• Conducting traditional interviews
• Using situational interviews
• Managing stress interviews

Module Five: Types of Interview Questions

• Using direct questions
• Using non-direct questions
• Asking hypothetical or situational questions
• Applying behavioral descriptive questions

Module Six: Avoiding Bias in Selection

• Understanding the expectancy effect
• Understanding the primacy effect
• Recognizing bias indicators
• Avoiding stereotyping

Module Seven: The Background Check

• Preparing for background checks
• Collecting relevant data
• Understanding illegal questions
• Being thorough without being intrusive

Module Eight: Making the Offer

• Outlining the offer
• Applying negotiation techniques
• Managing difficult issues
• Finalizing the offer

Module Nine: Orientation and Retention

• Getting new hires off to the right start
• Designing an effective orientation program
• Using onboarding checklists
• Following up with new employees

Module Ten: Measuring the Results

• Analyzing recruitment costs
• Evaluating employee quality
• Measuring recruiter effectiveness
• Fine-tuning recruitment strategies

Build a stronger workforce through smarter hiring. Employee Recruitment equips learners with the tools and techniques needed to attract, evaluate, and retain top talent. Join the course and start making confident, effective hiring decisions.