"Interviewing: Choosing the Best From the Rest" Public Seminars

So, you’ve got job openings to fill.  Congratulations!  Now go out and get the best person you can possibly find.  You owe that to yourself and your organization.  The trick, of course, is to know what “the best” means.   That is where this information-packed seminar comes in.  It presents a step-by-step systematic approach to conducting more thorough and effective employment interviews to help insure a better fit for the job. 

Organizational effectiveness starts with selecting the right person for the right job.  Matching the candidate to the position is not always easy.  Yet, time-consuming recruiting efforts make hiring mistakes very expensive.  Mistakes can happen by not only hiring the wrong person but also failing to hire the right person.  You will learn the best questions to ask and the questions to avoid asking.  You will find out how to avoid giving away the answers you’re looking for and not be fooled by the candidate who interviews well but is a mediocre or poor performer on the job. This highly-interactive, hands-on workshop includes real-life practice in using an Interview Guide listing recommended questions and is appropriate not only for managers at all levels who will be responsible for hiring decisions but for all others who are involved in the interview process.  Topics covered include:

·         The real cost of hiring

·         The Interviewing Quiz

·         Four purposes of the interview

·         Common interviewer errors

·         The six types of interviews

·         Steps to follow in planning an interview

·         Knock-out and red flag factors

·         How to “sell” a job to an applicant

·         Asking behavioral questions

·         Looking for behavior patterns

·         Conducting a job analysis

·         Writing job specifications

·         Formulating an interview plan

·         Using the Interview Guide

·         Avoiding discriminatory questions