Developing a recruitment strategy and timetable

Professional & Academic Skills

Today’s case study task: Using the information and advice provided in your case study materials:

•Produce a recruitment strategy for the 2 technical posts (how you will attract and select suitable candidates)

•Produce a recruitment timetable

How to attract applicants:•Where will you advertise?

•Will you involve any other agencies?

•What will it cost?

•How long should you allow for responses?

Should you test applicants?•Psychometric tests measure specific skills and specific abilities which might be needed in jobs or

•Psychometric tests identify personal qualities and personality traits which might be needed in jobs

•What would you be testing for and why?

•More information is available in the careers centre

Psychometric tests

Check out the Careers Centre guide online at www.staffs.ac.uk/careers

Using an assessment centre•What might you be able to assess in an assessment centre that you cannot assess in an interview?

•What would you want to assess?

Assessment centres

Take a look at the online talk

Interviewing candidates•Should you interview candidates?

•What sort of interview? Or interviews?

•Where should you interview them?

•At what stage in the recruitment process?

•More information is available in the careers centre

Job interview resources

To do this you need to:

•Organise a way to work as a group

•Read the case study

•Read the supporting materials

•Complete the task