Recruitment

Recruitment | Learn Recruiting Online Short Course

The Recruitment course is designed for professionals who are responsible for attracting, selecting, and retaining the right talent within their organisations. Whether you work in human resources, team leadership, or are involved in talent acquisition processes, this course offers a comprehensive approach to effective recruitment strategies in today’s competitive job market.

Successful recruitment goes beyond filling vacancies. It involves aligning hiring practices with organisational values, culture, and long-term goals. This course equips you with the knowledge and tools to streamline your recruitment process and attract high-performing individuals who add value to your team.

What You’ll Learn

Through this course, you’ll gain essential skills in:

  • Understanding the end-to-end recruitment process.
  • Crafting effective job descriptions and job advertisements.
  • Screening CVs, conducting structured interviews, and shortlisting candidates.
  • Ensuring compliance with employment legislation and ethical recruitment practices.
  • Enhancing candidate experience and employer branding.

These competencies are crucial for ensuring you hire the right people while building a positive, professional recruitment process.

Who Should Enrol

This Recruitment course is ideal for anyone involved in hiring, talent acquisition, or team building—whether in a corporate, government, or non-profit setting.

Ideal for:

  • HR practitioners responsible for recruitment and selection.
  • Line managers and team leaders involved in hiring decisions.
  • Recruitment consultants and talent acquisition specialists.
  • Business owners and entrepreneurs building their workforce.
  • Professionals looking to upskill or enter the recruitment industry.

By enrolling, you’ll gain practical, up-to-date knowledge and tools to conduct effective and fair recruitment processes. This course empowers you to identify and secure the right talent, reduce hiring risks, and contribute to a strong organisational culture.

Take the next step—enrol today and become skilled in professional recruitment practices that support your organisation’s success.

Employing the right people for your business is the most important part of your organisation. It is essential to have a good recruitment process to attract the right kind of employees for your business needs. Your recruitment process should be cost-effective, as well as time effective. Recruiting and training can be expensive and time-consuming so when you are recruiting, make sure that you are making the right choices. A good recruitment process can minimise the time involved in searching, interviewing, hiring and training. It can streamline these processes and make your search for viable candidates much more efficient. It is very important to build a positive image for your customers, peers and competitors. It is essential to list the skills your new hire will need to fulfil his/her duties. To get better and more successful results in your recruitment process, promote specific criteria that are relevant to the job. Always evaluate your candidates’ skills thoroughly for the position that you are hiring for Knowledge, Skills and Ability (KSAs), which is a great evaluative tool for hiring the right candidate for your business. There is no guarantee that your selection will be correct, but you can do all that you can to reduce your risks and maximise your potential to hire the right candidate. You can find good, qualified, reliable employees for your company if you have a successful hiring process. Make sure to follow an organised recruitment path and you will find candidates that will prove to be great assets to your business.

Course Content

  • (incl. 1.1 – 1.3) Planning and preparing for recruitment and selection
  • (incl. 1.4.1) Sources of relevant and complete information
  • 1.4.2 Job Specifications
  • 1.4.3 Job Profile
  • 1.5 (incl. 1.5.1 & 1.5.2) Selection procedures
  • 1.5.3 (incl. 1.5.4 & 1.5.5) Online screening and shortlisting
  • 1.5.6 Ability and Aptitude Tests
  • 1.6 Deciding which selection methods to use
  • 1.7 Defining your Organisational Requirements
  • 1.8 Confirming the selection procedure
  • 1.9 (incl. 1.9.1 & 1.9.2) Resources and methods needed for recruitment and selection
  • 1.9.3 Selection Criteria and Control Procedures
  • 1.9.4 (incl. 1.9.5) Recruitment and selection plan
  • 1.9.6 Elements of a Recruitment and Selection Plan
  • 2 (incl. 2.1 & 2.2) Recruiting applicants
  • 2.3 (incl. 2.4) Recruitment advertising
  • 2.5 Initial screening process
  • 2.6 Implementation of corrective action
  • 2.7 Preparing a list of potential candidates
  • 2.8 Applicant database
  • 2.9 Dealing with unplanned events
  • 2.10 Unplanned Events during the recruitment process
 
  • 3. (incl. 3.1 & 3.2) Selecting staff
  • 3.3 (incl. 3.4) Verification methods
  • 3.5 (incl. 3.6) Interview process
  • 3.7 (incl. 3.8 & 3.9) Shortlist to reflect results of candidate assessment
  • 3.10 Giving feedback
  • 3.11 Documenting records
  • Non-accredited: Short course only  
  • Duration: 3h 22m
  • Delivery: Classroom/Online/Blended
  • Access Period: 12 Months 
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