Did we get it right?
Featured in the Recruiting and Keeping the Right People training manual
By Susan Iacovou
Category: Recruitment, Selection and Induction
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
It’s a fact of life that not all selection decisions work out – some new employees will leave the organisation voluntarily and some will leave at your request. Others will struggle on in a job to which they are not suited, or for which they have not been properly trained. These selection mistakes can be very costly, and we therefore need to learn from such mistakes, and look to prevent them happening again. This training activity looks at the importance of evaluating selection decisions. In particular, it encourages participants to ask the right questions of new employees, their managers and themselves, so that they can say whether or not the selection has been successful. Only then will they be able to take appropriate action to improve the recruitment process for the future.
You introduce this training activity by explaining to participants that evaluation of selection decision is crucial – because it allows you to identify and address shortcomings in the recruitment process, as well as organisational or managerial problems. Participants are then asked to identify the two key people who need to be involved in evaluation a recruitment decision. Once they have done this you ask them to suggest questions they would ask the new employee, and the new employee’s manager, in order to assess how successful the selection has been. Next, you explain to participants that, if the selection has not been successful, they need to evaluate every stage of the recruitment process to try to identify what went wrong. You split participants into two groups and give them the task of identifying the different things which can result in the wrong selection decision. Once participants have reported back their conclusions, you then introduce them to a checklist designed to enable them to identify the cause of poor selection decisions and to take action to prevent them recurring. Finally, you conclude the training activity by emphasising the need to evaluate every selection decision and to do so using the structured checklist.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to help participants evaluate recruitment decisions and will focus on the importance of examining selection mistakes and implementing the lessons learnt.
- Themes:
- Problem solving,
- Questioning,
- Recruitment and selection,
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:50:00 |
| No of Pages: | 17 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers with recruiters (line managers or recruitment specialists) who want to find out what to look for when evaluating selection decisions.
Download the training activity, Did we get it right? as featured in the Fenman training manual; Recruiting and Keeping the Right People