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• Sections of the guide
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• Acknowledgments
• About PARN
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Recruitment step by step

Defining the job

• Job analysis Job analysis: gathering information Job analysis: asking questions Job description Person specification

Attracting applications

• Advertising

• Recruitment channels
• Internal recruitment
• Word of mouth recruitment
• Employee referral schemes
• Job Centre Plus
• National newspapers
• The internet
• Local newspapers
• Posters and flyers
• Higher education careers service
• Specialist publications and journals
• The milkround
• Commercial recruitment agencies

Managing applications

• CVs and application forms
• Online recruitment
• Screening and shortlisting

Selecting and appointing candidates

• Assessment centres

• Assessment methods
• Choosing assessment methods
• Assessment criteria

• Interviews
• Options: types of interview
• Requesting references
• Making the appointment

Handling recruitment complaints

Competencies

Templates

• Job description template (DOC, 20 Kb) 
• Example job description (DOC, 22 Kb) 
• Person specification template (DOC, 23 Kb) 
• Alternative person specification template (DOC, 22 Kb) 
• Person specification example (DOC, 27 Kb) 
• Competency matrix scoresheet (DOC, 32 Kb) 
• Example application form (DOC, 48 Kb) 
• Offer letter template (DOC, 24 Kb) 
• Regret letter template (DOC, 20 Kb) 

Legal issues

• Legislation
• Terminology
• Direct discrimination
• Genuine occupational requirements
• Indirect discrimination

Latest trends

• Diversity and inclusion training
• Bias training
• Flexible working
• Work/life balance
• Other aspects of diversity

Background

• Diversity, the triggers for action: why do it?
• Initial considerations

More resources

• Useful organisations
• Outreach
• Outreach to schools and colleges
• Outreach to universities

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