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Recruitment & Selection
Research shows that a diverse workforce brings tangible benefits including lower staff turnover, greater creativity, improved employee relations, and enhanced reputation and loyalty. Consequently managing diversity in recruitment and selection is increasingly recognised as a key factor in determining efficiency, productivity and overall business success. In short, recruiting, retaining and developing the best produces the best results.
Our training focuses on developing recruitment and selection processes that are fair to all and result in a skilled and talented workforce. Areas covered include advertising, drawing up job descriptions and person specifications, shortlisting, questioning techniques, selection testing and decision-making.
The legal responsibilities are explained and delegates are given the opportunity to put their learning into practice in a safe environment, with 'real' candidates.
Case studies:
Transport & General Workers Union: Recruitment & Selection
The Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) appointed Equality Works as its recruitment and selection consultant to devise a new more effective hiring process.
Kent County Council: Recruitment and Selection Training
Equality Works has a long and successful track record of working with Kent County Council. We have worked closely with Unite over many years, extensively with Social Services, with Education, Arts and Libraries, with Strategic Planning (on their Management Development programme), with the Corporate and Directorate equalities groups and with Members.
In this particular project with Kent County Council we were commissioned to conduct a Recruitment and Selection Training for Managers involved in the recruitment and selection process.
City University: Recruitment and Selection Training
Equality Works has a long and successful track record of working with City University. On this occasion we were commissioned to use our extensive experience and knowledge of training to deliver training courses for the University’s staff. This involved looking at every stage of the hiring process.
National Probation Service Essex: Recruitment and Selection Training
Our partnership with NPS - Essex goes back over five years working on many levels of diversity and equality. We have designed and delivered training on: Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion; Recruitment and Selection; Performance Management; and briefings and facilitations for senior staff on a range of issues. We are currently involved in developing management development training programmes for middle and senior staff for six and twelve month periods. This training would support the Recruitment and Selection and Equalities training that we are currently providing in Essex.
I was very impressed with the input of Equality Works in helping to resolve the immediate issue and provide training and consultancy to ensure it was less likely to recur.
John Ward, Corporate Equalities Manager, London Borough of Redbridge
