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Strategic Recruitment, Interviewing and Selection

Program Overview

Hiring decisions shape organisational capability for years, yet many are still based on unstructured interviews and intuition. This course builds a strategic, evidence-based approach to recruitment: linking hiring plans to workforce needs, developing employer branding and sourcing strategies, defining competency-based role profiles, and conducting structured behavioural interviews using the STAR technique. It also covers assessment centres, psychometric tools, reducing selection bias, documenting hiring decisions and onboarding. GCC considerations include localisation targets, national talent pipelines and competitive markets for specialist skills.

Learning Outcomes

✓Develop a recruitment plan that links hiring volumes and priorities to workforce plans.
✓Build competency-based role profiles and selection criteria for a target position.
✓Design a structured interview guide with behavioural questions and scoring anchors.
✓Conduct and score an interview using the STAR technique with consistent evidence.
✓Select appropriate assessment methods, including work samples and assessment centres, for different roles.
✓Evaluate recruitment effectiveness using quality of hire, time to fill and cost per hire.

Target Audience

Recruitment and talent acquisition specialists
Hiring managers and interview panel members
HR business partners supporting hiring decisions
Localisation and graduate programme coordinators

Detailed Program Modules

01Strategic Recruitment Planning

Linking hiring to workforce plans
Build, buy or borrow decisions
Localisation targets and national talent pipelines

02Employer Branding and Sourcing

Employee value proposition
Sourcing channels, referrals and digital platforms
Candidate experience and recruitment marketing

03Role Profiles and Selection Criteria

Job analysis and competency frameworks
Essential versus desirable criteria
Screening and shortlisting methods

04Structured and Behavioural Interviewing

Interview guides and scoring anchors
STAR technique and probing questions
Panel roles and interview conduct

05Assessment Methods and Fair Selection

Psychometric tests, work samples and assessment centres
Reducing bias in selection decisions
Reference checks and final selection

06Offer, Onboarding and Recruitment Metrics

Offer negotiation and pre-employment checks
Onboarding plans for early retention
Quality of hire, time to fill and cost per hire

Training Methodology

Interactive expert-led sessions grounded in workplace examples

Case studies and practical exercises drawn from the region

Group workshops with peer review of decisions and deliverables

Formative feedback against clear performance criteria

Applied Project & Assessment

Applied Project

Participants prepare a complete selection pack for a real vacancy in their organisation: role profile, sourcing plan, structured interview guide with scoring anchors, an assessment exercise and a decision matrix, then run a practice interview observed by peers.

Assessment

Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.

University Certificate & International Accreditation

Professional Certificate accredited by Alzette University in Strategic Recruitment, Interviewing and Selection

International accreditation: European Institute for Human Resources Management (EIHRM)