A shortage of candidates with the right skills, talents and abilities has created a fiercely competitive market and is widely seen as one of the key problems facing organisations. Since organisational success depends upon having the right people, aneffective recuitment strategy that is integrated into business strategy is essential.

This course will provide participants with practical guidance in developing new approaches to enable their organisations to attract and select the most suitable people in today's recruitment market.

Personnel managers with responsibility for recruitment and selection strategies, or actively involved in selection. Search and selection consultants needing to keep abreast of new developments.

By the end of the module, participants will be able to:

• widen the pool of candidates available to their organisation
  
• project their organisation's vacancies appropraitely
  
• analyse the whole employment package on offer
  
• examine different selection methods and how they are used to ensure that
• the most effective methods are used in the best way

DAY 1

1. Strategies for widening the talent pool

• linking recruitment strategy with the business strategy
  
• determining your future manpower requirements
  
• identifying your current labour supply
  
• considering additional sources of labour
  
• evaluating the recruitment and selection process

2. Recruitment and equal opportunities

• using the law as a framework to develop effective recruitment and selection practices that foster equal opportunities

3. Marketing strategies

• identifying how you are viewed externally
  
• identifying how you are viewed internally
  
• developing the employer brand
  
• building key relationships across the recruitment market
  
• advertising and communicating
  
• recruitment and the Internet
  
• projecting your organisation.