HIRING (AND KEEPING) GREAT EMPLOYEES
a two-day workshop
This workshop helps the manager or supervisor to recruit, screen and select employees. Twelve critical new employee orientation process skills are covered along with how to conduct initial skills training for new employees.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
At the end of the training, you will be able to:
- Identify personal strengths and weaknesses in selecting employees
- Determine critical job requirements and relate these to factual data from resume and application
- Identify sources to recruit qualified candidates for job openings
- Identify different types of questions an interviewer can use and the type of information each question can elicit
- Make effective selection/placement decisions based upon job relevant information
- Identify 12 essential elements to effective new hire orientation
- Select critical information employees need to be effective and successful
- Limit orientation content to what’s important
WORKSHOP CONTENT
Unit 1: The Selection Process
- Workshop objectives
- Selection pitfalls
Unit 2: Recruitment and Interview Preparation
- Determine critical job requirements
- Find appropriate candidates
- Interview techniques that identify skills and attributes
- Acceptable and unacceptable pre-employment inquiries
- Screen applications
Unit 3: Conduct the Interview
- First impressions and suspending judgment
- Sequencing your questions
- How to begin and build rapport
- Sharing job requirements with the applicant
- Check references
- Make effective selection decisions
Unit 4: New Hire Orientation
- What gets in the way?
- Identify 12 essential elements
- Make orientation meaningful, not boring
- What new employees need: enough vs. too much
- How to develop schedules and checklists
- Using “self-discovery” orientation and buddy systems
- First day do’s and don’ts
- How to communicate corporate culture
CEUs:
This workshop qualifies for .6 of continuing education units.
