Action from The Selection Discussion - Finding the Right Fit

Just completed a customized two-day workshop on designing behavioural and competency behavioural questions for a logistics organization to sharpen and focus their hiring practice.  This is part of an overall change management initiative. The participants included the management team and a few direct reports in addition to HR.

They all participated fully by asking questions, sharing their viewpoints and taking part in the discussions that were designed.  Some topics covered were:

• Making the interview a positive experience
• Articulating the behaviours that indicate the culture
• Designing Competency based and Behavioural Event Interview Questions
• Improving the quality of hiring decisions

Here are some images from the action.

Plenary discussion of non negotiable behaviours that contravene organization culture norms.

Learnings from 2 days

I'm extremely grateful to the organization for the opportunity.  The workshop went well because of the active participation of the audience.

Please do contact me on +919820155778 or ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com if you want to have a conversation about such workshops for your organization.

Participant Feedback - The Selection Discussion (A Behavioural Event Interviewing Workshop)

Thrilled to share participant feedback and learning for one of my key workshops, "The Selection Discussion", which was conducted for an IT organization.

This program was conducted on Zoom for about 35 very enthusiastic and curious participants from HR Recruiters to Function Heads, who made the workshop more interesting by the participation and interesting questions. My workshop designs always focus on learning and application, not just learning or smiley sheets, and this was no exception. So, since recruitment is a sales role, we spent most of Day one identifying and articulating the selling points of the organization, and how to showcase them to prospective candidates. Day Two was spent in designing BEI questions, assessing responses, role plays,  

I used Zoom breakout rooms, Jamboard, and Mentimeter to increase the participant's engagement, and they really worked well, as you will see from the participants learning.

Please reach out to me on +919820155778 or ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com if you want to run a similar workshop for your organization.

The Selection Discussion

Hiring is the one HR activity that is on every organizations' radar.  However, few organizations invest in training their managers in conducting interviews.  Fewer still have clearly defined and articulated their Employer Brand and Employee Value Proposition.

This workshop can help you focus only conducting Behavioural Event Interviews, or, we can co-create a recruitment strategy and solution over a period of 3-4 months in a specially customized intervention for you, followed by this workshop.

Effectively Interviewing technical candidates using a Sherlock Holmes technique

Here's a super article on how to interview technical candidates effectively.

I have used a variation of this technique, but this article has helped me add to my knowledge and skills in this area.

Read more here

Pics from The Selection Discussion- Behavioral Event Interviewing Skills Sep 2019

Here are some images from my recent workshop on Behavioural Event Interviewing Skills - The Selection Discussion held at Mumbai on 21 Sept 2019

Participants were walked through the entire recruitment process, and underwent discussions / activities on building job descriptions, the importance of Employer Branding and Employee Value Proposition, how to construct BEI questions, how to interpret their responses, and of course, the Reference Check.

Recruitment is a sales role

In today's market where skills are a premium, the candidates are more interested in having multiple experiences instead of a "job for life", the recruiter cannot have a "to take it or leave it" attitude with candidates, especially the super talented ones.

There must be a shift from a monopolist mindset to a sales / marketing mindset from the organization and the recruiter, in order to attract talented candidates. Else you end up with expensive hiring errors whose effects spread further than you think.
To know more about this, and how to develop a marketeer's mindset for hiring, join The Selection Discussion Workshop on 21 Sept 2019.
The Early Bird pricing ends on Sunday, 15 Sept 2019, so hurry and register at the link below now:

https://www.townscript.com/e/the-selection-discussion-behavioural-interviewing-skills-044202

Ineffective Interview Question

In my experience, this is one of the most mundane and ineffective hashtag#questions to ask a hashtag#candidate (this candidate's response is _____ ). You get canned responses. Share what do you think is the most mundane or ineffective question to ask a candidate during the interview?
Also, check out the link below for the hashtag#Selection Discussion, the hashtag#BehaviouralEventInterviewing Skills hashtag#workshop where designing interview questions will be a key topic.
https://www.townscript.com/e/the-selection-discussion-behavioural-interviewing-skills-044202
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#recruitmenttips hashtag#hireright hashtag#hiringpractices

What you will learn by attending the Selection Discussion

In this video, I talk about what you will learn by attending my workshop "The Selection Discussion"

I can guarantee that you will be more confident and prepared to conduct interviews if you apply the learnings from the workshop.

Click here or copy paste the link below to register and avail early bird pricing.  Group rates are also available. Early bird price ends on 15 Sept 2019

https://www.townscript.com/e/the-selection-discussion-behavioural-interviewing-skills-044202

Contact me on +919820155778 or ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com to know more.

Hiring for Culture Fit - The Selection Discussion

As this quote of Mr. Howard Schultz says, a resume cannot tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture.

It is essential to conduct a detailed interview, not have the “I can make up my mind about a person within 10 seconds of meeting them” mindset.  In that case, don’t meet the candidate, just directly hire the person who was referred to you by your trusted source.  I don’t mean to say that you shouldn’t hire from employee or other business referrals – you actually should because there are many benefits involved.  The most important benefit of an employee referral is that they know the culture of the organization already, so the chance of the candidate fitting the culture of the organization is higher. And it is easier to assess this culture fit after a few rounds of behavioural event interviewing (BEI).

BEI, (as we may know) is a technique that asks the candidate to describe a situation or an experience they had in a previous job.

Responses to BEI questions may not be as polished as those to traditional type of question because they cannot be rehearsed ahead of time. Of course, with this tool, we are now in the midst of a discussion, and not a quiz session. So, the interviewer must be able to formulate the question based on the resume or on some turn that “The Selection Discussion” has taken, listen carefully to responses, and formulate further questions to get a better understanding of the candidate. The entire interview has to flow as  conversation.  As you can see, this discussion cannot end quickly, but it will definitely help you get more information and raise your interview to an art form. 

What questions does one ask to assess culture fit? Questions about working style, achievements, and so on.  For more information, you should register here to attend the Selection Discussion and learn the nuances of the Behavioural Event Interview.

https://www.townscript.com/e/the-selection-discussion-behavioural-interviewing-skills-044202

Contact me on +919820155778 or ryanbbarretto@hotmail.com to know more.

Upcoming Workshop : The Selection Discussion 21 September 2019 at Mumbai

Glad to announce my open workshop on Behavioural Interviewing Skills - The Selection Discussion on 21 Sept 2019 at Mumbai.

Early bird pricing available. Group Pricing available.  Click here to register.