Employee Selection
What an Interviewer Must Know!

Online registration opening soon:
Thursday, November 9, 2006
9:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Registration at 8:30 AM)

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"This program has been approved for 6 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org."

The typical employment interview is a surprisingly poor predictor of job performance. Interested in knowing how to make your process more effective? This course will give you what you need -- information on everything from the effectiveness of selection tools, to strategies for structuring the interview to make the time you spend worthwhile.
Here is just some of what you will learn…

• Predicting performance - What selection tools really tell us
• 4 key characteristics that effective selection measures share
• What employment studies say about the predictive validity of references, biographical information and interviews
• An overview of behavioral, situational, and semi-structured interview processes, and how to formulate questions that get to the heart of the matter
• The relative risks of 7 common selection tools
• 6 factors that impact how a job gets done and a powerful tool for exploring the "how of fit"

What our attendees have to say about this course:

"Jim Vance is a consummate professional and an effective facilitator. ....well worth the price of admission"

"Excellent info. Definitely {will recommend we} implement it immediately."

"....helped me understand how to approach the candidate and a more comprehensive understanding of what I am looking for in a candidate."

About our Instructor

Jim Vance, PE, SPHR, is a former HR Director and Training Director who came from an engineering and operations background. He has managed staffing efforts for all position levels, has led recruitment for enterprise resource planning initiatives, and brings real world perspective to this important subject. Co-author of the books, Magnetic Leadership and Human Resource Strategies that Work, Vance is a speaker, trainer and consultant who has addressed business audiences in 38 states.

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