Recruiting
Licensed Talent Shortlister
Shortlisting candidates is a key step of the recruitment process. When done effectively, it sets you up to successfully hire top-talent. In this Learning Path, you will discover the stages of the shortlisting process and how to screen candidates with this in mind. You will also learn how to present a shortlist, and how to lead a shortlisting conversation with your team.
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Presenters Presented By
Nick Johnston
SocialTalent Expert
Nick Johnston is the Vice President of Talent Acquisition for Etihad Airways where he has led change across the talent acquisition lifecycle to develop the candidate experience, quality of applications, and attraction strategy through team development, technology, and assessment tools.
Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the Learning Path you will be able to:
Effectively shortlist candidates by assessing their skills and experience against the hiring criteria, and presenting them to the hiring team with impact.
Position yourself as a Talent Advisor and facilitate good hiring decisions by understanding candidate motivation and using different techniques to assess it throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
Define motivation in the context of recruiting and explain different theories of motivation.
Use a practical model to assess candidate motivation and advise hiring managers.
Missions in this Learning Path
Shortlisting candidates effectively requires more than 6 seconds of CV scanning to whittle applicants into yes or no piles. Your role as a recruiter is to delve past the keywords and align a candidate’s experience and achievements with the hiring criteria. In this mission by Nick Johnston, you’ll learn how to gauge proficiency levels against a candidate profile and build a holistic picture of a candidate’s skills and experience. Also, discover tips for presenting the candidate profile to the hiring team where your shortlisted candidates are accepted to interview.
Have you ever had a candidate drop out at the last minute? Unfortunately, that usually happens because we did not understand their motivation properly. In this mission, Nick Johnston will define motivation in the context of recruiting and provide a practical model to assess candidates and advise managers. You will also learn how to use different assessment techniques to understand motivation as you go through the recruitment lifecycle.
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