Employers Council: Interviewing Techniques & Onboarding Practices

Cost: $165/EC member; $235/non-member

Interviewing
Interviews are an integral part of employee selection, but employers often overlook key steps in the interview process. They end up hiring employees who are a poor “fit” for the job which negatively affects productivity and employee engagement, and increases costly turnover.

Make sure you are not missing key steps in the interview process! Join knowledgeable EC staff in this interactive workshop to learn how to make your company’s interview process more effective.Through hands-on, skill-building exercises, you will apply these methods to real-life situations.You will learn how to:

Identify and prioritize position criteria (job requirements)
Design interview questions that predict success in specific positions
Evaluate candidates’ answers to interview questions
Avoid common interviewing mistakes

Onboarding
Help your new hires “learn the ropes” so they can quickly and effectively contribute in their position through effectiveonboarding. Doing it right helps new hires move from consuming value to providing value more quickly.Turnover also decreases when new hires feel welcomed and see that they’re contributing meaningfully. Creating great onboarding practices may start with HR, but every manager has an opportunity to catapult their new employees into high-performance sooner and better.

In this companion interactive workshop, knowledgeable EC staff will help you assess your company’s current orientation and onboarding process. Topics to be covered include: