Certificate in Competency Based Interviewing & Selection for Hiring Managers

Course Overview

The programme covers key elements of modern recruitment, including designing competency-driven job descriptions, leveraging AI and psychometric tools, and embedding competency frameworks into your selection process. You will also explore techniques to enhance candidate engagement, ensure inclusive hiring practices, and align recruitment strategies with long term organisational goals.

Benefits Of Attending

• Develop and use competency frameworks tailored to your organisational needs
• Demonstrate competency-based interviewing techniques to assess candidates effectively
• Design clear, relevant, and competency-driven job descriptions
• Integrate structured interviews and psychometric tools to enhance decision-making

Competencies

• Developing Competency Frameworks
• Structured Interviewing
• Bias-Free Candidate Assessment
• Utilising Psychometric Tools
• Strategic Recruitment Alignment

Who Should Attend

This course is tailored for HR professionals, recruitment specialists, and hiring managers looking to optimise their talent acquisition strategies, with a focus on the core competencies that the organisation needs to achieve its goal. This course empowers participants to master competency-based interviewing, providing practical strategies to attract, assess, and select top talent while aligning with organisational needs and driving sustainable success.

Learning Style

Through dynamic discussions, hands-on activities, and case studies, you will gain the skills and confidence needed to implement competency-based interviewing techniques and optimise your recruitment strategies for lasting organisational success.

Certification Criteria

You must meet two criteria to be eligible for an Informa Connect Academy Certificate of Completion:

• Satisfactory attendance: You must attend all sessions of the course. If, for any reason, you miss more than 2 hours of the course sessions, you will not be eligible to sit the course assessment
• Successful completion of the course assessment: Assessments will be ongoing and based on in-class participation and activities

Delivered by Scott

Scott Hutchinson is an international expert in talent acquisition and recruitment with over 30 years of experience helping organisations win the war for talent. He has worked across multiple sectors globally, enabling organisations to optimise their talent strategies and achieve measurable success.

Certified by CPD UK

The CPD Certification Service is an independent accreditation centre working across all sectors, disciplines and further learning applications and supports policies of institutional and professional organisations globally.

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