How fit is your recruitment process?

The natural development for ClearChoice Careers, the recruitment organisation, was to recognise that our clients not only want to hire great people- they want to keep them too.  As a result we launched a new division to complement our Recruitment Services. As well as supplying our clients with a low cost alternative to finding well matched applicants, we now provide a HR Support Service to help ensure that the right applicants are hired and retained by our clients through a range of personal development training and through our coaching workshops. You can either join an existing half day workshop (current list on the Training Diary below) or receive a bespoke tailored programme delivered by Michael Coates, Managing Consultant. Michael has recruited across the world, is the author of "Psychology and Organisations" and is a coach to senior managers in a number of blue chip organisations.

Michael has delivered a free "Taster Session" at the last two CIPD exhibitions -his last was at CIPD ACE "Identifying and Integrating Competencies into your Recruitment Processes."
Presenting the business case for utilising competencies effectively. An introduction to identifying valid competencies and how to integrate them into a range of people/HR processes.

 

Meet us at CIPD Recruitment Olympia 19th & 20th June 2013

Our HR Support Services:

HR Reviews - Consultations with report and recommendations for change on Recruitment Practices, Policies & Procedures and Online Recruitment Strategies.

360 Degree Employee Feedback

Employee Engagement Surveys

Half day Interactive Workshops - A series of interactive half day workshops book one or more - identifying and integrating competencies, competency based interviewing, onboarding, psychometric testing, absence management and strategic HR skills.

 

How does ClearChoice Careers HR Support differ from other skills training?

We are a popular choice across a broad cross-section of organisations because our experienced consultants are able to tailor our support services, workshops and wide range of HR tools to suit your circumstances at an extremely competitive price.

For our Training Workshops, we look at your whole process including job design, competency framework, compensation, advert wording, sourcing candidates, selection/interviewing skills, motivating the candidate to accept, induction and retention. Plus exiting “wrong choice employees” via standard process or compromise agreement. Our coaching and workshops are designed to sharpen skills to a whole new level.

Why focus on improving your recruiting skills?

Hiring the wrong person can over a period of time cost your organisation tens, and possibly hundreds of thousands of ££££, not to mention the damage to your own reputation. With an intensive programme of support you can beat the odds and hire champions! All of our HR Support Consultancy Services can be used as a stand-alone service or in conjunction with ClearChoice Careers Recruitment Services.

Prices for HR Support Services and Half Day Workshop Roadshow Diary in table below:

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Want to find out more? Contact Jim or Michael on +44 (0)2072 911 730 or email them on jim@clearchoicecareers.com or michael@clearchoicecareers.com

Our Half Day Workshops - more information:

INTEGRATING COMPETENCIES INTO HR PROCESSES 

Many organisations simply dabble with competencies or are aware that they should use them without them being implemented. Others do have a comprehensive competency module but fail to integrate it into full employee life cycle processes i.e. from recruitment through to exit. Then there are the organisations with full blown competency based processes, but have little evidence that those competencies are a valid predictor of excellent performance.

This half day workshop, shows the business case for utilising competencies effectively and aims to provide a basic introduction to identifying valid competencies and integrating them into a range of people/HR processes.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED?

• What is a competency?
• Where do values and actions end and competencies begin?
• Why use them? - The business case
• How to develop a competency model using methods such as repertory grid
• Assessing through performance management process or 360 questionnaire
• How to word a competency
• How they can be used and integrated into people processes
• Use in selection, talent management and redundancy
• Changing the culture of an organisation through competencies
• Watch out and tips
• Getting people on board with competencies        

You will write an action plan both for your own personal development in this area and to improve the use of competencies in your organisation.

The workshop will be delivered by Michael Coates, a management consultant and author of “Psychology and Organisations”. Michael has developed competency frameworks for a number of organisations and helped to integrate them in to people processes. He has also developed 360 degree tools for assessing competencies.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anyone involved in the selection or management of staff:  HR, Recruitment Consultants, Line Managers, Company Managers/Business Owners

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU:

A competency framework (if you have one)

A sample job description: If you have a current vacancy, it would be helpful to bring a relevant job description, in order to enable you to develop a competency model

COMPETENCY BASED INTERVIEWING

This is an interactive workshop where you will learn the practical skills for competency based interviewing, along with a basic coverage of the legal and psychological background to interviewing in general.

Aimed at anyone who wants to improve their interview skills, it is particularly useful if you have upcoming interviews, as you will have an opportunity to:

• Identify the critical competencies
• Design competency based questions
• Agree what a "good" example would look like
• Practice rating answers

If you do not have an interview coming up, then you can either concentrate on a potential vacancy or use sample materials that we can provide.

In addition to the practical element this workshop will:

Help you build a business case for moving your organisation towards using competencies

Provide an overview of employment legislation such as the Equality Act

Cover many tips and tricks

Allow you to share best practice, concerns and questions, with fellow delegates.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anyone involved in interviewing applicants: HR, Recruitment Consultants, Line Managers 

 EFFECTIVE USE OF PSYCHOMETRICS       

Psychometrics such as aptitude tests, personality profiles and 360 degree questionnaires are increasingly being used to screen job applicants, assist with hiring decisions, identify and develop top talent plus unfortunately, to make decisions for which they were not designed and could potentially bring about a legal challenge.

This half day workshop is aimed at HR professionals, recruiters, coaches, BPS practitioners, HR advisors and business owners.  It will provide a thorough grounding in how to get the best Return On Investment (ROI) from psychometrics and avoid legal pitfalls.  Delegates will also get to see and understand the differences between all of the leading tools in this arena, e.g. SHL (aptitude and OPQ) MBTI, Hogan, DISC, Belbin and PDI.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED?

• What are psychometrics?
• Are they a valid tool?
• When and how should they be used to obtain the optimum ROI
• How to integrate into HR processes such as recruitment
• Pitfalls - how not to use them (e.g. redundancy selection)
• Potential legal challenges (NB, their use for recruitment is not legal in some countries and parts of USA)
• Employment law regarding recruitment and redundancy selection
• Data Protection.  How to obtain, store, use and destroy psychometric data
• Using them when employees are from diverse backgrounds and English is a second language
• How to write a psychometric policy
• Overview of tools such as OPQ, Hogan HPI, HS and MVPI, MBTI and others
• Examples of best practice

The workshop will be delivered by Michael Coates, a management consultant and author of “Psychology and Organisations” who has been using Psychometrics around the world for 15 years and is certified by all the main providers.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

 Anyone involved in the hiring or management of staff: HR, Recruiters, Coaches, BPS Practitioners, Business Owners

 EFFECTIVE ON-BOARDING

Attrition rates in the first year of employment have remained stubbornly high across UK organisations for the last 10 years despite greater awareness of the importance of effective on-boarding (induction.) While considerable cost and effort is placed on recruiting the best candidates, a fraction of this emphasis is placed on integrating them into the organisation, ensuring that they are motivated and likely to stay. This workshop is designed to provide both the business case for effective on-boarding and to share best practice.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED?

• What is on-boarding? Is it different to induction?
• Legal background to first two years of employment
• Business case for effective on-boarding
• Case studies highlighting best practice
• Case studies showing impact of changes to on-boarding process
• Designing effective on-boarding programme
• Basic motivation and communication theory
• Psychology of leavers
• Psychology of people going through change
• Marketing and employer branding benefits
• Links with on-going job satisfaction
• Links with effectiveness of employees
• Group work to design an effective programme
• Delegates will share their experiences good and bad

The workshop will be delivered by Michael Coates, a management consultant and author of “Psychology and Organisations”. Prior to being a consultant, Michael was responsible for organisational development, including on-boarding and talent management, for a global corporation.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? 

 Anyone involved in the training or management of staff:  HR, Recruitment Consultants, Line Managers, Company Managers