Employee Recruitment, Selection and Placement

Course Objectives

• Understand the employment function and the laws, rules and regulations that impact hiring and maintaining employees
• Gain skills to interview candidates using a mix of competency-related, open-ended, hypothetical, probing and close-ended questions 
• Identify the positives and negatives of traditional and innovative recruitment strategies
• Learn how EEO and affirmative-action legislation affect the recruitment and selection process
• Hone effective interviewing techniques
• Learn the uses and limitations of pre-employment and employment testing and reference checking
• Develop a new-employee orientation program

What You Learn

• Recruitment challenges and opportunities
• Types of interviews
• Legal constraints on recruiting and selection
• Federal and California legislation impacting recruiting and selection
• Employment at Will, negligent hiring and negligent retention
• Legal recordkeeping requirements associated with recruiting practices
• EEO and Affirmative Action concepts
• Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP)
• Job specifications and descriptions
• Understanding perception
• When to ask competency-based questions
• Interview formats
• Employee orientation programs
• Pre-employment and employment testing
• Making the selection

How You Learn

• Lectures
• Discussions
• In-class practices
• Exercises
• Mock interviews

Is This Course Right for Me?
This course is intended for new-to-HR students and current HR professionals who want to better understand the recruitment and hiring process. 
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