Michael Bendry

The competition for talented staff today is unprecedented with top performers moving on quickly and the employment market becoming more fluid and transient. Organisations are building strategic readiness through people as a way to differentiate themselves and to be more competitive in the marketplace. This course highlights the active steps, plans and activities required to attract, recruit and retain top talent.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This stimulating course is for personnel and development managers, team leaders and all those involved in recruitment who wish to succeed in recruiting and retaining top talent to enhance their team and organisational performance.

COURSE PROFILE

The talent shortage. Impact of globalisation on organisations - The tension and paradox of global competition - Understanding why commitment is not loyalty - Identifying benefits of a localised approach

Attracting top talent. Creating an attractive employer brand - Defining your corporate culture to potential recruits - Adopting an approach to ensure employability - Identifying alternative benefits

Recruiting talent. Fitting recruitment requirements to organisational strategy - Creating a targeted recruitment policy - Assessing your interviewing: competency-based, assessment centres and others - Outsourcing the recruitment function

Retention of top talent. Cultivating an environment to encourage loyalty - Investing in learning and development interventions - Moving from the job description to job design and job sculpting - Succession planning and long-term retention strategies

SKILLS ATTAINED

At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

Develop talent management strategies
Increase organisational potential through identifying talent
Introducing effective recruitment strategies
Consider organsiational design in talent management
Determine return on investment for training
Invest in training and development
Incorporate performance and reward systems
Conduct effective interviews
Implement succession planning

RELATED COURSES

• Performance Management PM9
• Strategic People Management SPM7