Managerial and Leadership Development

Competency-based Selection and Interviewing Skills - Foundation Training

Duration: 2 days
Training dates and time:17-18 March 2008 and 19-20 March 2008, 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Venue: ESCAP Learning Centre, 3rd Floor, UNCC
Facilitator: Mr. Ciaran Beary and Ms. Pam Westhead
Target audience: Mandatory for supervisors, managers, and other staff who conduct or participate as a panel member in interviews as part of the recruitment and selection process.

Objectives:

	At the conclusion of the training, the participants will be able to:
		• Identify best global practices and principles in selection • Explain the importance of competencies as the framework against which to assess people • Apply key interviewing skills, including briefing candidates, managing the interac­tion, structuring the interview, and various techniques of questioning • Evaluate candidates and make fair, objective, and valid selection decisions.

Topics to be covered:

• Strengths and limitations of the interview • Different types of selection interviews • Core interviewing skills • Competency probing techniques • Assessing and evaluating candidates • Panel interviews • Candidate evaluation

Contact person: Ms. Sylvia Raabe, extension no. 1964