Tools for personnel selection

This seminar offers an overview of the different selection tools and of their reliance in predicting job success in order to enable the participants to choose the tools best adapted to their needs. Participants will have the opportunity to see different examples of tests and tools used during Assessment Centres.

• Introduction
  • Purpose of assessing an application
  • What is meant by competence?
  • Types of applications received according to sources used
• Assessment of the CV and cover letter
  • Criteria that can be developed
  • Presentation of the application
  • Standards for CV & cover letter
  • Elements & eliminatory criteria
  • Additional documents & assessment elements
    • Work certificate
    • References
    • Extract from the criminal record
    • Diplomas
    • Certificate of membership
• Selection interview
  • Objectives
  • Different types of interviews
    • Directed, semi-structured, free interview
    • Individual interview, panel interview, group interview
    • Video conference interview
• Selection criteria
  • Personality criteria
  • Professional & technical criteria
  • How to properly assess skills?
  • Behavioural Interview
  • Types of questions to ask & to avoid
  • Recruitment mistakes following an interview
• Questionnaires and tests
  • Difference between questionnaires and tests
  • Reliability and validity
  • Personality questionnaires
  • Tests
    • Definition and characteristics of a psychometric test
    • Tests used within the framework of personnel selection
      • Intelligence tests
      • Knowledge tests
      • Aptitude tests
      • Competence tests and work trials
  • Practical examples
  • Assessment Center
  • Definition
  • Organisation
  • Participants; candidates and observers
  • Tools used
  • Practical examples
• Non-scientific methods
  • Predictive validity of different selection tools
• Conclusions: Which tools to choose?

A certificate will be delivered to each participant.

• Number of participants limited to 6
• Interactive and practical seminar.