Introduction to Hiring and Recruiting Strategy

Name: Introduction to Hiring and Recruiting Strategy
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Design a Fair, Effective, and Clear Process to Source, Screen, and Select the Best People for Your Team

Created byAmy Ahearn

Last updated 11/2017

English

What you'll learn

Understand how to scope a compelling and accurate job description
Develop a strategy to source promising candidates
Outline a screening and selection process to identify the right candidates
Sell the right candidates on the job to successfully convince them to join your company

Course content

5 sections • 25 lectures • 1h 5m total length

Welcome3:01
Introduction to course instructor and what the course will cover
Case Study: Why Hiring Matters4:13
A colorful story of what can go wrong if you don't get hiring right
Typical Steps in the Hiring Process5:12
An overview of the steps in the hiring process: Scoping, Sourcing, Screening, Selecting, Selling
Exercise: Reflections on Your Personal Experiences with Hiring0:16
Reflection on personal hiring experiences so you know what parts of the process to emphasize and what to avoid

Identify Your Talent Needs2:25
Explanation of how to identify what roles your company needs to hire for
Scope the Job and Develop a Scorecard2:17
Best practices for crafting job descriptions and then developing corresponding scorecards to assess candidates
Exercise: Develop Your Own Scorecard1:04
Opportunity to practice developing a scorecard--using a real job opportunity at your company or a case study
Create a Compelling Job Description2:08
Best practices for crafting job descriptions that are accurate and compelling--so you attract the right candidates
Exercise: Craft Your Own Job Description1:37
Exercise to put these best practices into action and developing a winning job description for a real job at your company

Where Does Great Talent Come From?3:58
Overview of some of the most promising sources for identifying and finding the right talent for your roles--including referrals from current employees, networks, and targeted channels
Empowering Your Current Staff as Ambassadors1:28
How to equip your current staff to be one of your strongest referral channels for new employees
Building an Internal Pipeline2:46
How to develop your own employees internally to be prepared for subsequent roles--and identify when they're ready to take on open positions
How to Find the Right Hiring Channels2:20
Best practices for finding the right channels (job fairs, job boards, targeted advertisements, recruiting firms, etc) for posting your job
Exercise: Hiring Channel Map2:19
Practical exercise to take an existing job opening and map out all the channels through which you might find the best candidates to fill it

Steps in a Screening Process4:53
Overview of how to screen candidates--from the initial read of applications, to phone screens, to trial tasks to in-person interviews, and final steps
Developing Trial Tasks1:29
Explanation of how to develop trial tasks that assess a prospective employee's fit for the job
Exercise: Identify the Strong Trial Tasks
Crafting Interview Questions3:25
Best practices to develop interview questions that robustly and reliably assess candidates during interviews--including questions that get at both values alignment and technical skills
Exercise: Develop Your Own Interview Guide3:16
Opportunity to take these best practices and apply them to develp your own interview guide for a standard 30 min-1 hour screening meeting
Avoiding Unconscious Bias2:40
Tips for avoiding unconscious bias so that you assess and screen all candidates as fairly and objectively as possible
Selecting the Right Person for the Job3:26
Final tips to take all of the information you gleaned from the screening and interviewing process and use it to reach a final decision

Creating a Two-Way Conversation2:08
Overview of how to make an offer to the candidate who is the right fit--and structure it as a two-way conversation
Structuring Monetary and Non-Monetary Compensation2:21
How to put together a compensation offer comprised of both monetary and non-monetary factors
Making the Offer3:18
Step-by-step guidelines to making the offer--from the conversation to the paperwork
Exercise: Craft a Sample Offer2:14
Develop the pitch you'll use to offer candidates the job--one that is both accurate and compelling
Conclusion: From Hiring to Onboarding1:16
Once you've found the right person for the role, here's how to transition them from candidate to new hire

Requirements

This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to hire more effectively. There are no prerequisites.

Description

Hiring is an opportunity to bring talented people to your organization who can help take your business to the next level. Yet, if you make the wrong hiring decisions you can end up having wasted time, money and energy.

In this course, you'll gain a consolidated overview of the the latest research and best practices in hiring--so that you can design the right process for your own company. You'll gain actionable insights from bestselling business books and learn from real case studies about how to recruit, screen, and hire the right people for your team.

The course will cover:

5 typical steps in a hiring process—scoping, sourcing, screening, selecting, and selling candidates on the position—and give you practical exercises to develop each of these steps for your own company.
You’ll look specifically at how to identify the talent needs of your organization and then structure a job to meet these needs.
You’ll develop a job description and corresponding scorecard to identify the kinds of traits and skills you need to recruit for
You'll look specifically at how to identify the right recruitment channels to find candidates.
You'll develop a screening process—including crafting powerful interview questions and creating trial tasks to test for the right abilities.
And, finally, you'll learn how to make the job offer, and effectively bring someone on board.

By the end of this introductory course, you’ll have a solid understanding of best practices for hiring great people.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn strategies to successfully hire the best people

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Course content

Introduction4 lectures • 13min

Scoping the Job5 lectures • 10min

Sourcing Candidates5 lectures • 13min

Screening and Selecting Candidates6 lectures • 19min

Selling Candidates on the Job5 lectures • 11min

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