Cooper Hardiman

Recruitment Workshops

Recruitment is so much more than just advertising a vacant role and waiting for the applications to arrive. Recruiting the right people is essential to organisational success and to do this you have to get the process right. In our variety of recruitmentworkshops you'll learn some easy tricks that will make your organisation stand out from the crowd, as well as essential interviewing skills to ensure you hire the best performer at the job (not the best performer at an interview) and how to onboard and induct effectively to start out on the right path. To find out more about any of these workshops, please contact Claire Farrer on 0419 138 085 or via email at claire@cooperhardiman.com.au.

Are you required to interview staff and want to ensure that your approach is as effective as it could be? In this masterclass we explore more advanced interview techniques and strategies to ensure you select the best available candidate.

Identify common mistakes and limitations associated with a range of interview techniques and approaches.
Identify areas for improvement in their own interview technique as well as opportunities to improve their organisation’s interview processes.
Apply advanced behavioural interview questioning techniques to identify relevant skills and values that each candidate will bring to your role.
Describe and apply techniques to ensure you select the best candidate for the job - not the best candidate at selling themselves !

Taking disciplinary action or ending a person’s employment can be one of the most difficult things a manager will need to do andit’s vital that your approach to managing continued underperformance or inappropriate conduct will achieve the desired result and not unnecessarily expose your organisation to legal risk and costly claims.

Identify and mitigate the key risks associated with terminating employment, including those associated with unfair and unlawful dismissal claims.
Distinguish between cases of misconduct and poor performance and identify the basic steps required to appropriately respond to each case.
Conduct a basic disciplinary process and prepare effective warning letters.
Apply a range of strategies to effectively conduct disciplinary meetings including those resulting in termination.

You've just invested a lot of time and energy into your recruitment process for a new hire and they're ready to start work. It may feel like the hard yards are behind you when appointing your ideal candidate, but in fact the realchallenge starts here. In this workshop we'll work with you to develop an onboarding strategy and probationary procedure to ensure that you create the conditions for high performance right from the outset of employment. Insights include:

Managing offers of employment, including contracting and key legislative requirements.
Understanding key employment and induction related documentation and procedures.
Identifying the difference between ‘Inducting’ and ‘Onboarding’ and identifying practical strategies for effectively and thoroughly onboarding employees
Understanding the legal environment surrounding ‘probationary periods’ and how this should be incorporated into best practice probationary management processes.
Identify tools for managing employee probationary periods, including ending employment within this period.

Recruiting staff can be a time consuming and expensive process, and therefore the stakes are high to get it right. In this workshop we identify key risks and how to avoid them, explore the importance of Key Selection Criteria and learn techniques for behavioural interviewing to ensure that you obtain the information you need from prospective candidates whist avoiding any ‘small talk’ risks. By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:

Develop and refine Position Descriptions and Key Selection Criteria to ensure clarity in the inherent requirements of the role.
Understand personal biases and the risks associated with allowing such biases to influence the decision-making process.
Apply structure and methodology to the recruitment process to ensure a timely, positive, and future focused outcome.
Utilise behavioural interviewing techniques to ensure that you obtain the information you need from candidates.

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