Interviewing Effectively: How to Select the People You Really Need
This online engineering PDH course will help you develop a process of analyzing the open position that will allow you to determine what types of skills and qualities you require in an applicant to ensure later success on the job. It will also help you develop an effective plan for the interview that allows you to engage in friendly (and informative) chatting without losing the thread of your questions or letting the session slip out of your control.
Think back to the last time you interviewed an applicant. If you are like many others without interview training, you may have found yourself doing more talking than listening rather than learning about his or her strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps the interview got off track and you found it difficult to get back into focus. In addition, if someone had asked for your opinion of the applicant at the end of it, would you have been able to refer to specific comments or just your overall impression?
As for the person you finally selected, you probably based your decision more on instinct than specific information. Also, if you were asked why you didn't select someone else, would you have been able to defend your choice objectively so as not to show discrimination?
This 3 PDH online course is intended for professionals whose responsibilities include the interviewing and hiring of staff and who are interested in enhancing their interviewing skills to increase their chances in hiring qualified candidates suitable for the respective open positions.
This P.Eng. continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- How to develop a process of analyzing the open position that will allow you to determine what types of skills and qualities you require in an applicant
- How to develop an effective plan for the interview that allows you to engage in friendly and informative chatting
- How to calculate the cost of turnover which results from a bad selection
- How to distinguish between the skills and behaviors required for success in the open position
- How to create "tie breaker" criteria to select the best candidate
- How to develop a technique to help define the desired behaviors for a position
- How to identify warning clues in a resume that should require follow-up in an interview
- How to establish rapport with the applicant to help you have a more effective interview
- How to avoid asking questions that could lead to trouble later on
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the document titled, "Interviewing Effectively: How to Select the People You really Need".
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