Course Overview
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Beginner The course provides you with the detailed explanation of step to step procedure for how to select the right candidate for your job. This short course gives you the basic information about the selection process, usage of job portals and adding job details to it with a step to step process of taking the interview.
How to select the right candidate
Selecting the right person for a particular position is a tedious job. The criterion of selection starts from its requirement. There are certain steps to keep in mind:
- Based on the vacancy or the requirement for a particular position prepare a job description
- Choose a salary scale for this position depending on the skills and knowledge to be used, in comparison to the other job positions in the company and similar job offers in the market
- The platform to search for the right candidate must be verified and authentic (For example you cannot believe on fake websites to give you a right person for your job)
- Be specific before choosing the job portals or advertising methods
- Scrutinize the applications according to the skills, talent or experience
- Shortlist the applications with required qualification, experience, and background
- Select the date and venue for interviewing the shortlisted candidates
- Before the interview, study the candidate for his gestures, communication skills, and presentation
- Prepare the questions well in advance for the interview
- Select a situation according to the job specification and put the candidate across it
- Mark him on the basis of his answer
- Take a small pause before you interview another candidate
- Ask and check for the references
- Verify the documents submitted
- Opt for the best person among the lot
Following the above-mentioned points, it will be easier for you to select the best candidate. In all cases, be handy about the job profile and its requirement to brief the candidate if and when necessary. For better results check:
- The behavior patterns of the candidate ( like his past performances and information from his past jobs)
- If the candidate has past experience in the given profile and to what extent
- Create a situation that the candidate might face in his job and see his response
- His response to the questions he doesn’t have an answer to will tell you more about how well he can handle stress
- How well he behaves with other candidates
- His background and authenticity
If the job position requires a proper professional look and behavior, present yourself as a professional with the candidate.
- Dress Professionally
- Avoid being friendly
- Set a standard for your company
- Be interactive during the interview
- Inform the candidate about the company well in advance and ask her/him questions about what all s/he has grasped
- Inform about the rules and workings of your company before finalizing the candidate
- Make a fair judgment (Put all candidates on an equal basis)
- Avoid asking personal questions
- Avoid any disturbance during the interview (Phone calls, Washroom breaks, Etc.)
- Take time to know the candidate
- Appreciate the candidate for giving her/his time
- Do not confuse the candidate
- Do not be harsh
- Make her/him comfortable
- Brief the candidate about the selection process
- Schedule a training session about the job role before putting her/him to actual work
Select the candidate who fits best for the role and does not forget to follow your instinct. Make sure you know why a candidate wants to join your company and what will be his long-term goals with your business.
Right Candidate Course Curriculum
The course gives you an in-depth study of selecting the right candidate for your company. It is covered in four sections:
Section-1: Introduction
This section teaches the importance of recruitment. It talks about the necessity of recruiting the staff. It contains a detailed explanation for any company on why to hire employees and how to delegate authorities in a way to achieve maximum output. A company needs staff members for a smooth functioning of its system and on time delivery of end product or service.
This section helps you understand that any company works with a dedicated team and merely one or two people cannot do all the work within a limited time frame. The requirement for an employee arises in a company based on the job to be performed in a particular area.
Any company may be equipped with best tools, technologies, ideas and all other resources. But if it lacks the right person to use them correctly, all the equipment won’t fetch the required results.
The section brief you on basic selection methods and the right one to choose according to your job vacancy.
Section-2: How to use the job portals
This section explains the usage of job portals for selecting the right candidate.
It covers the topic “Using the Job Portals”, that trains you how to use the job portals and its step by step procedure.
Another topic “Adding the Job Details”, informs you of how to describe the job position according to the company’s requirement.
Section-3: Employee Recruitment types
This contains the various methods of searching for the right candidate. This section discusses the different types of the recruitment process and how to choose which one suits your company’s need. It helps you opt for the method which will give you the best candidate for your required position.
The topic “Referencing and Headhunting” guides you on how to select the right person who comes through a reference and not to be biased in your decision or selection criteria. Headhunting tells you how to look for the right person through personal meetings, group interviews, seminars or exhibition.
“Call Back of Old Employees” is a very critical method to opt for. It guides you through choosing the correct path and taking necessary measure before calling back an old employee.
“Advertising and Campus Hiring” gives you the insight details for searching and finalizing your candidate through this method. It covers the review of resumes and going for the qualifications required for the vacant position.
Section-4: Interview Details
This section sums up the entire Interview process. It provides knowledge from preparing for interview set-up to questions related to the job and finally offering the position to the right person.
“HR Interview Basics” brief you on the general steps to follow for the selection process. Scheduling the interview, professional behavior, selecting the candidate according to the profile for the interview, etc are some of the points you study in this topic.
“Interview Process” talks about the entire process from posting the job to offering it to the deserving person.
“Joining Procedure” guides you on offering the job to the right person according to a prescribed professional manner. It gives details on when and how for providing the offer letter, appointment letter, joining date, documents submission and other important formalities as the candidate joins in.
Course’s Target Audience – Right Candidate
If you wish to learn beyond your knowledge about “how to select the right candidate”, this course is for you. Our audience would be:
- A student enthusiast of learning right ways for appointing the apt candidate for a position
- A professional who wishes to learn the tips and tricks to look out for the right candidate for his company
- Someone who wants to learn about this process and step by step ways to select the right person
Pre- Requisites for How to Select the Right Candidate Course
The basic requirement for the course would be:
- Computer knowledge with internet connectivity to learn about the course
- Keen on learning about Human Resource or knowledge of Human Resource Management
- A person having basic management knowledge
The requirement for this right candidate course would be that you are willing to learn about the topic and are looking for an in-depth study to select the right person for your company. You would require computer skills with internet connectivity to have access to this course. Your interest in Human resource and knowledge about the same must have been one of the reasons that have brought you to this course. The course would require you to have basic skills of management for better understanding. It will help you with a detailed procedure on how to select the right person for the given position.
Right Candidate FAQs
- What will be the benefit of this course?
You will have the training for selecting the right candidate for your company that will enhance the working of your firm and will provide you with maximum productivity. The course will help you opt for the best candidate for the required position. The tips and training will lead you with the optimum utility of your resources.
- How much time will be required to complete this training?
Training will be of 2+ Hours of HD videos with 9+ Lectures to complete the course. A verified certificate will be given after the completion of the training.
- Is it difficult to learn about recruitment?
No, the process is simple to learn and the training will help you with easy steps to follow for recruitment. Once you are through with this training, it will be easy for to hire just the right candidate for your business.
- How this course helps in building up my career?
This course will help you with the basis of selecting the right candidate in a given time frame. As a management student or even as a professional the verified certification of the training will help you in your career growth and as an individual. The training is simple to understand and can be used easily to help your company have just the right person in the right place. It assists you in building up your career as Human Resource personnel.
Right Candidate Testimonials
Masha S
The course is informative and detailed as per what its structure and curriculum suggests. It helps with the process of selection and evaluating the right candidate. The training is simple and easy to understand yet it has various tips and tricks to appoint the right person for your company. The whole idea of these courses is nourishing and of immense use for its application in the real world. The corporate world looks for people with such knowledge and skills. The course is really helpful and beneficial for the career growth.
Zubin
The online training is interesting as it comes with HD videos format and not with detailed write-up about the course. The course in itself is filled with all the information and techniques to be used at the right time in a given situation. The entire hiring concept is explained in an organized manner which is easy to grasp. It sure helps in appointing the right person for a given position.
Sarfaraz
For a Human Resource person this course comes handy to learn with tips or tricks to select the right candidate. Apart from the detailed information about the selection process, it also helps you take into consideration your gut feelings and to use it for the best results. The course helps in picking up the points to finally appoint the right person for the firm.
Career Benefits – Right Candidate
- The course will help you as a professional in the HR field to select the right person for your company who will help put the business resources to their optimum use. This in return will lead you to senior level and an experienced person in the hiring domain.
- As a student of management, it will guide them on the enhanced knowledge of managing the interview process and selecting the right candidate, which will further give a boost to your career as a management personnel.
- As a businessman, the course provides you with the knowledge of hiring the right person who would help you with the smooth working of your business without any obstacles or delays. It helps you choose wisely who fits best for your company.
- You will be awarded a verified certification after the completion of the training. This will further assist you with your knowledge in the HR field, Management field, and Hiring process. For a student or a professional, this training will come in handy in the corporate world for taking the right decision at the right time.
| Where do our learners come from? |
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