ADVANCED SELECTION, INTERVIEWING AND RECRUITMENT SKILLS

5^th-6^th March, 2026                                                                                                            9^th-10^th June, 2026

10^th-11^th September, 2026                                                                                               5^th-6^th November, 2026

Introduction

Selection, interviewing, and recruitment skills include understanding the recruitment process, writing job descriptions, and developing interview questions. These skills also include being able to identify and assess candidates, and making selection decisions. An interview is an opportunity to meet the candidates and get a better understanding of their capabilities. It also allows you to determine whether they’re a good fit for your company culture. Interviewing skills are the emotional and tactical techniques that make job seekers more effective when interviewing for a new position. These skills are important to gain, just like the technical skills and workplace skills you need to perform well in a position.
Recruitment and skills selection is a people management tool that personalizes hires. Unlike the traditional method that prioritizes qualifications, competency R&S is based on a more thorough analysis of the candidate’s profile, which is chosen according to job demands.
Recruitment: To attract and select the most suitable candidates for a job. – Interview: To assess a candidate’s qualifications, experience, and fit for the role through direct interaction.

Course Contents

Understanding Recruitment – Separating Fact from Fiction

• How to Measure and Financially Show the Cost of Bad Recruitment
• First Series of Interviews
• Self-assessment of Your Current Interviewing Skills
• Fact vs. Fiction about Interviewing
• Introduction to the Recruitment Process Map

Mastering the Process 

• Understand the Job and the Importance of the Job Description and Criteria Exercise
• How to Write Key Criteria and its Link with Competencies
• Writing the Job Advertisement
• How to Write Interview Questions

Testing, Personality Profiling and References

• Shortlisting – a new approach to save time and avoid bias
• Testing and its Improvements
• Occupational & Abillity Testing
• The Growth of Mental Illness and the Impact on Recruitment
• Personality Profiling
• How Assessment Centres Work and their Increasing Use Today
• The Importance of References

Understanding the Vital Role of Body Language, Pre-written Question

• Procedure for Starting every Interview
• Finalizing your Interview Questions – writing scene setters
• How to Use Probing Questions
• How to Score and Who does the Scoring? – practice
• Pre-interview Administration – from making all the arrangement including room set up
• Understanding Body Language and Correctly Decoding it

Practice and Practice

• Recap of the Steps so Far
• Use of Skype and Phone Interviews
• Putting the Interview Process into Action
• Time Table of the Interviewing for the Day
• Role Allocations for Interview
• Review of Interview and Individual Feedback
• On-boarding – strategies from maximizing on your successful recruitment

Duration: Two days                                                                                                         Fee: N180,000 

For Whom:

Executive Management, Human Resources Managers and Personnel, Admin Managers, Heads of Departments, Industrial Relations Managers, Safety Managers, Lawyers, Members of the Workers Unions and other Managers who perform related functions in both the Public and Private Sectors.