Recruiting and Selecting Candidates (HRCI/PHR - aligned)


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Overview/Description
The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations, HRCI/PHR (Professional in Human Resources certification), cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including the recruitment and selection of new employees. The HRCI certification examinations are widely recognized as the industry standard for evaluating Human Resource professionals' competencies. HRCI is an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and provides testing and certification services. As a human resources professional, you are involved in the process of attracting and interviewing qualified job candidates for your organization. Toward that end, this course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations with regard to employee recruitment and selection. In this course, you'll learn about such things as recruitment sources and employer branding, and screening tests and interviews. All the topics in this course are based on the Workforce Planning and Employment functional area of the HR Body of Knowledge recommended by SHRM. Due to the rapidly changing nature of the law, information in this course may become outdated.

Target Audience
Human resources professionals who are preparing for the Human Resource Certification Institute's certification examinations

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Recruiting Techniques

  • identify the benefits of using the appropriate employee recruitment techniques.
  • match internal, external, and alternative recruitment sources with examples.
  • identify examples of the four employer branding elements.
  • identify the statement that correctly explains the yield ratio calculation.

    • Selection Methods

  • identify the benefits of using the appropriate employee selection methods.
  • match job application form types with their descriptions.
  • match types of screening tests with examples.
  • match validation measures to descriptions.
  • recognize how to prepare for candidate interviews.
  • match job interview types with their descriptions.
  • sequence examples of job interviewing steps.
  • identify key concepts involved in conducting pre-employment inquiries.
  • identify the steps involved in demonstrating due diligence in the hiring process.
  • identify when drug and medical testing can be used in employment screening.

    • Course Number:
    HR0265