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 face-to-face 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 Recruiting the Best training prior to engaging in any recruitment activity at the University.

Panel chairs need to attend the Recruiting the Best workshop. The workshops are held throughout the year. Panel chairs that have previously attended a workshop are required to take the Recruiting the Best online refresher course every three years to be kept abreast of best practice and legislative changes.

Panel members can participate in Recruiting the Best training in one of two ways. They can either attend the Recruiting the Best workshop, if places are available, or they can complete the Recruiting the Best online refresher course as an alternative. 

The refresher training is to be completed every three years to be kept abreast of best practice and legislative changes.

As places on this workshop are limited please only attend this session if you have known recruitment activity coming up shortly.  

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 and selection of the best candidate including; designing a role that meets the need of the department/division; writing the job description, person specification and advert; attracting a broad and diverse range of applicants; conducting equitable shortlisting; designining and conducting effective interviews and assessment centres; candidate scoring and final decision making; making the offer and giving objective feedback. 
• Recognise how unconscious bias can impact on our decisions and identify positive steps to mitigate unconscious bias throughout the process. 

Please contact Organisational Development if you have any enquiries about this event: od@lancaster.ac.uk 

Please note that morning and afternoon refreshments will be provided. Lunch is not provided. 

We understand that priorities change and you may no longer be able to attend. Please note that departmental charges may apply for cancellations less than 5 days in advance or for no shows. For more information please see our Access Statement and Cancellation Policy.