Effective Recruitment and Selection

Master the art of recruiting and selecting the right talent. This course covers the end-to-end recruitment process, from job analysis to selection methods, ensuring alignment with organisational goals. 

Who Should Attend

• HR Directors who are in charge of designing a fit for business resourcing strategy
• HR professionals who would like to enhance and update their knowledge of recruitment and selection
• Resourcing managers who would like to enhance their recruitment skills to ensure ROI

Course Outcomes

• Gain greater understanding of integrating business and resourcing strategy
• Understand the employee value proposition and how to develop, resourcing plan, retention and flexibility strategy
• Develop recruitment, selection and induction policies and obtain support from your senior managers
• Learn how branding impact quality of recruitment and how to create your brand

Course Topics
Resourcing Strategy

• The strategic HRM approach to resourcing
• Integrating business and resourcing strategies
• Workforce planning
• Resourcing plan
• Retention strategy

The Recruitment process

• An overview of the recruitment process
• Assessing the vacancy
• Understanding competencies
• Identifying knowledge skills and behaviours required
• Preparing effective job descriptions and person specifications

Attracting candidates

• Attracting the right candidates
• Employee value proposition
• E-Recruitment and social media
• Advertising guidelines
• Short-listing against your selection criteria

Selection methods

• Understanding and using different selection methods
• The interviews – preparations techniques and skills
• Competency based interview
• How to ensure objectivity
• Psychometric testing/aptitude test
• Evaluating candidates and making the right decision

Induction

• The purpose of induction
• The benefits of an effective induction programme
• LandD’s role in induction
• The induction process

The World of Corporate Governance Today

• International events leading to governance reform
• Purpose and objectives of governance including agency risk and moral hazard
• US Sarbanes Oxley – act style legislation vs. UK-style voluntary code: focusing where possible on participant’s countries
• Standards-driving bodies and evolving principles
• Formative regulatory bodies including OECD Basel Committee SECs and CMAs Central Banks

Corporate Governance Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) in Financial Institutions

• The growth and linkage of these three topics in finance
• The main components of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• The central role of internal controls and linkage to ERM
• Best practice compensation principles and standards
• Shareholders depositors and other stakeholders need for disclosure and transparency

Main Components and principles

• Eight principles which underpin every system of governance
• OECD Code core concepts and guidance
• Listing requirements and continuous obligations
• Corporate Governance in the financial sector – raising the bar – what is special about banks and bank governance?
• Basel Committee’s guidance on enhancing corporate governance for the banking sector
• Review of European Union’s approach to Corporate Governance in Financial Institutions

Environmental Social and Governance (ESG)

• Defining ESG
• The link between ESG and Corporate Governance
• ESG – economic legal ethical and discretionary aspects
• ESG and financial institutions – is it just a public relations exercise?
• Where does the regulator fit in?
• The course will end with a multi-choice questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge gained and to fresh and assist the retention of new information

The Governing Body

• What does a Good financial institution look like
• Alternative board structures – dual and unitary boards
• Different types of board members: their roles and responsibilities including the Secretary to the Board
• The growing importance of the INED
• The vital role of Board Committees in the new era of governance including the audit committee nominations and remuneration committee and the risk committee