Workshop Aim:

The University’s aim is that all candidates have a positive and equitable experience at all stages of recruitment and selection process.

This workshop aims to ensure that participants are equipped with the understanding, knowledge and skills to undertake fair and equitable recruitment and selection, ensuring that all candidates have a positive experience, and the best candidate is ultimately selected.

Target Audience:

All panel chairs and all members of the recruiting panel are required to participate in this training prior to engaging in any recruitment activity at the University.

Objectives:

This workshop ensures that all those involved in recruitment:

• Understand how to remain compliant by adopting legally informed best practice approaches throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
• Understand how to plan and conduct the key stages involved in the successful attraction, selection of the best candidate, including:
  • Designing a role that meets the needs of the department / division
  • Writing the job description, person specification and advert
  • Attracting a broad and diverse range of strong applicants
  • Recognise how unconscious bias can impact on our decisions and identify positive steps to mitigate unconscious bias throughout the process
  • Conducting equitable shortlisting
  • Designing and conducting effective interviews and assessment centres
  • Candidate scoring and final decision making

Making the offer and giving objective feedback to candidates