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.

Sell Yourself Into Your Next Job - Nov 2020

 Welcome to the 6th Webinar on this topic.

Register here:- https://www.townscript.com/e/Nov-20-sell-yourself-webinar

Sell Yourself Into your Next Job - Aug 2020

The next webinar of "Sell yourself Into your Next Job - A Strengths Based Resume writing and Interview Prep Webinar" is on 15 August 2020.

Details are in the link below. There is a special Independence Day Offer of Rs. 500/- this time only. Please take advantage and register soon.

https://www.townscript.com/e/Aug-20-sell-yourself-into-your-next-job-a-strengthsbased-resume-writing-and-interview-webinar-231114

Here's a few testimonials from previous participants.

Call +919820155778 or write to me in case of questions.

#jobsearch #resumewriting #interviewpreparation #interviewtips #strengthsdecoder #strengthscoaching #strengthsbasedresume #jobseekers #jobhunt

If your career path might need you to create a new one

This article provides useful insight about how your career path may require you to create a new one.

Enjoy!

 https://www.td.org/insights/3-questions-explore-how-your-career-path-may-be-shifting

Contact me if you want to design your career based on your strengths. 

This would be about 8-10 coaching sessions of 60-90 minutes duration where you would start by 

• taking the CliftonStrengths assessment
• a debrief of your Cliftonstrengths report
• Coaching to help you understand how your strengths manifest as behaviours
• A values inventory for you to understand which are the values  that drive your behaviour
• Coaching to help you identify a career that is based on and aligned with your strengths
• Any other behaviour issue that you wish to resolve

Happy to get on a call to discuss and answer any questions you may have.  I can be reached at +919820155778 or leave a comment here.

Webinar - Sell Yourself into Your Next Job on 30 May 2020

Use this lockdown time to redo your #resume and prepare for your #interview based on your #strengths. Register for this highly interactive and reflective #webinar on 30 May 2020 that will change the way you think about presenting your candidature in your resume and in your interviews.

Why this webinar is needed -

The job market is terribly crowded, especially with the COVID 19 layoffs. Resumes are flooding the recruiters tables. There's a paucity of time to read through every resume, and as a result, they skim through the pile of resumes, trying to shortlist as quickly as possible. Now, if you happen to have a standardised template for your resume, it's extremely difficult for it to standout from the others, especially in a short time frame.

So you need to make your resume talk about you, come alive to the reader of your resume so that you get shortlisted for an interview. After this, you also need to prepare for this interview so that you create "Recall Value" in the mind of the interviewers, even if you don't get the job. It helps build your reputation. To know more about "Recall Value", please read my article here.

In this webinar you will learn to create a resume that you will be proud of, as well as prepare for interviews based on your personal strengths. We will also have a specific Q&A session focused on Interview Tips. What you will learn specifically
• How your strengths can make your resume stand out
• Strengthening your Lead letter so that the recruiter prioritizes your interview.
• Video Interviews.
• Tackling tricky Interview Questions
• Creating “Recall Value” during your interview
Date and Time 30 May 2020 4 pm to 6 pm Venue: Zoom Link will be provided to registered participants only. Your Investment Normally, this is priced at Rs. 2,500/- per person for an online session.

However, given the Covid circumstances we are in.

Your special Covid Price is Rs. 800/- per person

Click here to register

Your Facilitator - Ryan Barretto
Ryan is India’s 1st Strengths Strategy Coach who specializes in leveraging his client’s strengths to help them achieve success. As a coach, he works in the area of career transition, self development  and executive coaching. He is also a Corporate Trainer and an HR Consultant.

A graduate from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Ryan brings to the table 25+ years of rich experience in all HR domains. His work experience also pans across multiple industries ranging from Telecom, IT Education, Logistics, Marketing Services, Health Insurance to Time Share and includes a startup where he set up.

He has coached college students, fresh graduates and working professionals. He has been part of hiring teams that have interviewed both campus students and working professionals, and has seen some major errors that could have been avoided with some more preparation

Visit www.strengthsdecoder.in  or www.linkedin.com/in/barrettoryan to know more about him and his work.

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
hashtag

#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.

Tips on Rethinking Recruitment - mindset and strategies.

A sentence that nailed my attention "knowing that working with you is adding to their marketability that encourages people to stay". 


Organizations often struggle with hiring people, and retaining them.  In the current world we live in, the old style of hiring and rewarding loyalty is not feasible anymore.  Opportunities are many for today's workforce, nor is it feasible for an employer to offer job security.  What to do then? Do read this excellent viewpoint on #recruitment and #hiringstrategy.

Rethinking Recruitment 

If you would like to have a chat about streamlining your recruitment process for your organization, please don't hesitate to connect / contact me.