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Talent Acquisition & Selection

A practical professional development programme focused on talent acquisition & selection, designed to strengthen people capability and organisational performance.

Type
Professional
Level
Intermediate
Duration
5 days
Delivery
In person, Live online, In-house
Languages
English, Arabic

Talent Acquisition & Selection develops a structured, evidence-based approach to attracting and selecting people who match organisational and role requirements. The programme covers workforce requirements, sourcing, candidate assessment, interviewing, selection decisions and evaluation of recruitment effectiveness.

Objectives

  • Develop structured talent-acquisition and selection processes.

  • Translate role requirements into clear selection criteria.

  • Improve sourcing and candidate-attraction approaches.

  • Conduct structured and evidence-based candidate assessment.

  • Evaluate recruitment quality and effectiveness.

Learning outcomes

  • Define recruitment requirements using job and capability information.

  • Select appropriate sourcing channels for different talent requirements.

  • Design structured assessment and interview processes.

  • Make defensible selection decisions based on evidence.

  • Use recruitment metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.

Who it is for

  • Recruitment and talent-acquisition professionals.

  • HR officers and managers.

  • Hiring managers.

  • HR business partners.

  • Professionals involved in interviewing and employee selection.

Programme modules

1. Talent Acquisition Planning
  • Recruitment requirements

  • Role and capability profiles

  • Recruitment planning

  • Candidate-market considerations

2. Sourcing and Attraction
  • Sourcing strategies

  • Recruitment channels

  • Employer proposition

  • Candidate communication

3. Screening and Shortlisting
  • Selection criteria

  • Application screening

  • Shortlisting methods

  • Bias and consistency

4. Structured Interviewing
  • Interview design

  • Behavioural questions

  • Probing techniques

  • Interview scoring

5. Assessment and Selection Decisions
  • Assessment methods

  • Evidence integration

  • Selection matrices

  • Decision documentation

6. Recruitment Effectiveness
  • Time and quality measures

  • Candidate experience

  • Selection quality

  • Continuous improvement

Methodology

The programme uses recruitment scenarios, structured interview practice, candidate-assessment exercises and selection tools to develop consistent and evidence-based hiring decisions.

Assessment

Participants complete practical screening, interviewing and selection exercises and develop a structured recruitment and assessment approach for a defined role.

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

For your organisation

This programme can be delivered for a single organisation, team or institution, and adapted to your context, participants and objectives.

Organisational delivery is scoped and priced individually, and is not booked from this page.

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Upcoming sessions

No dates are scheduled at present.

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