This is a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) training course
Recommended for:
The Recruitment Consultancy course is for HR practitioners with recruitment responsibility, line managers who regularly use recruitment consultancies, and recruitment consultants wishing to gain an appreciation of the HR perspective on their industry.
Course overview:
HR practitioners rely on a variety of methods to fulfil their recruitment objectives. The role of a recruitment consultant is to act as an extension of the HR function and to deliver service in the most cost-effective and competent manner.
Balancing the immediate needs of their clients with the priorities and preferences of candidates, the successful consultant is a multi-tasker, relationship-builder, counsellor and negotiator.
Given the variety of recruitment consultancies and disparate service delivery, how do you choose the best recruitment partner for your organisation?
The Recruitment Consultancy course examines the variety of recruitment services that are available. The Recruitment Consultancy course explores how HR practitioners and recruitment consultants can best work together to achieve their objectives.
Course benefits:
By the end of the Recruitment Consultancy course you will be able to:
- understand the recruitment industry and legislative requirements
- recognise the complexities involved in recruitment consultants’ practices
- maximise the relationship between HR managers and recruitment consultants
- enhance the effectiveness of internal and external recruitment processes
- utilise the techniques of successful recruiters.
The industry
- the development and diversity of the modern recruitment industry
- regulation and legislative compliance
- the services of recruitment consultancies
- employment business – overview of temporary supply
- employment agency – permanent recruitment processes
Profile of a recruiter
- competencies and core behaviours
- motivators and performance drivers
- commission, ethics and achievement
- quality indicators for selecting recruitment agency partners
Developing the relationship
- creating relationship opportunities
- development and enhancement of the relationship
- common problems and example solutions
- getting the best from your partner agency
Achieving your objectives
- sources of enquiry and search methods
- objective matching and presentation of candidates
- candidate management procedures
- managing the recruitment process via an agent.
