HOW TO INTERVIEW

A one-day Seminar for supervisors and managers having to interview recruitment candidates and interview and counsel existing staff

Seminar objectives

Some 60% of most companies' costs are staff costs. No organisation can afford 'passengers' on their books - they cannot afford to recruit or promote the wrong candidate. But in many Annual Reports we also read Chief Executives see employees as 'our biggest corporate asset': if this is so, we must cultivate talented individuals to optimise the staff assets. This Seminar shows how to avoid costly mistakes and pick winners.

Who should attend

Managers and Supervisors having staff selection, management and promotion responsibilities, as well as those with a Personnel function, who have had no formal training in interviewing techniques.

How you will benefit

This workshop will help you to select candidates that can add real value to your organization.

Programme

  • Preparation for the Interview

    Your organisation's requirement
    Job Descriptions
    What the Interviewee is Looking For
    Personnel Profile
    Preparing Questions
    Preparing Answers to Interviewees' Questions

  • The Interview

    Popular Myths & Misconceptions
    Aptitude & Psychological Tests
    Boards, Panels & One-on-One Interviews
    Types of Interview
    The Unstructured Interview
    Problem Interviews
    The Structured Interview

  • Interviewing Techniques

    First Impressions - Setting the Scene
    Getting Candidates to Open Up
    Closed & Open Question Techniques
    Sorting out the Chaff
    Closing the Interview Scoresheets

  • Interview Workshop

A video will be shown and delegates will be given the opportunity to discuss it and critique the interview technique. Delegates may also present their own problem situations for discussion and advice.

Workshop Leader

Andrew Hiles

 

Books by Kingswell Consultants

Books on Service Management

Hiles, A. N. The Complete Guide to IT Service Level Agreements, Matching Service Quality to Business Needs.. ISBN 0-9641648-2-5 published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The standard work on IT Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. E-Business Service Level Agreements: Strategies for ISPs, ASPs, *SPs and CLECS.  Published by Rothstein Associates Inc.  The first book to deal specifically with e-commerce Service Level Agreements.

Hiles, A. N. Service Level Agreements, Winning a Competitive Edge for Supply and Support Services.  ISBN 0-9641648-4-1published by Rothstein Associates Inc. This book applies Service Level Agreements to services other than IT. Real case studies and example SLAs are provided ranging from Human Resources, Logistics, through Training, Livestock Handling, Logistics and Field Service Engineering.

Hiles A.N. and Gunn, Dr. Y. Creating a Customer-Focused Help Desk: How to Win and Keep Your Customers. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-6-8 This book has the support of the Help Desk Institute www.helpdeskinst.com

Books on Business Continuity

Hiles A.N. Business Continuity Management: Best Practice. Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. ISBN 0-9641648-3-3.  This book explicitly covers all the ten areas of business continuity competence required for membership of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Hiles A.N. Enterprise Risk Assessment & Business Impact Analysis – Best Practices ISBN 1-931332-12-6 Published by Rothstein Associates Inc. Covers many techniques and methods of risk and impact assessment with detailed examples and checklists.

e-Publication. Kingswell books on Business Continuity, Service Level Agreements and  Help Desk Management will shortly be available by page download in conjunction with Rothstein Associates Inc and Books24x7.com.

New and updated books. Existing  books Business Continuity Management – Best Practice and IT Service Level Agreements have been extensively updated. See our products page or visit www.rothstein.com .

All the above books can be obtained from:

Rothstein Associates Inc.
4 Arapaho Road
Brookfield
Connecticut
0608-3104 USA

www.rothstein.com

e-mail pjr@rothstein.com

Telephone: USA: 1-888-ROTHSTEIN
Worldwide: +1 203 740 7400

Hiles A.N. Guide to Risk Management. Published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Hiles A.N. and Barnes, P. (Editor and main contributor) The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management, John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 0 471 98622 4.

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Croner’s Purchasing and Supply Guide to I.T., 1994, ISBN 1 85524 271 0

Hiles, A.N. (contributor), Guide to Business Continuity Management, 1999, for the Confederation of British Industry by Caspian Publishing

Hiles A.N. (contributor) Business Continuity Management, 2000, Institute of Directors / Department of Trade & Industry.

 

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