Recruiting Foundations

Course details

In this foundational course, Stacey Gordon—a diversity, inclusion, and career strategist and the CEO of Rework Work—guides you through the entire recruiting lifecycle, providing you with foundational knowledge and lessons on thriving in the area of recruiting. Learn basics and best practices for starting a new candidate search. Get practical tips for attracting talent. Explore interviewing techniques to identify great candidates. Plus, dive into candidate assessment and hiring decisions.

Learning objectives
Identify how to develop and employ relationship-based recruiting strategies.
Describe the importance of building a candidate search strategy.
Explain the importance of a skills-first hiring approach, focusing on practical abilities and relevant experience, rather than formal education and background.
Determine how you will develop a process of sourcing to uncover potential candidates, build targeted pipelines, and be a more proactive recruiter.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - The recruiting and recruiter landscape

1. The Recruiting Lifecycle

02 - The recruiting funnel
03 - Recruiting process efficiency and time management
04 - Relationship-based recruiting and candidate experience
05 - Recruiting and DEIB

2. Launching a New Candidate Search

06 - Candidate research and pre-search
07 - Developing a candidate search strategy
08 - Hiring manager partnerships
09 - Skills first recruiting

3. Talent Attraction

10 - Creating effective job postings
11 - Branding and recruitment marketing
12 - Employee referrals
13 - Proactive candidate sourcing
14 - Candidate outreach and engagement

4. Interviewing and Assessment

15 - Basics of interviewing
16 - Candidate nurturing and pre-closing

5. The Decision Stage

17 - Extending and negotiating offers
18 - New hires and pre-boarding

Conclusion

19 - Elevate yourself as a skilled recruiter