Welcome to SmartMove 3 – Recruiting and Hiring Newcomers
Course description
In this course, you will learn about some of the challenges small business owners encounter when they recruit and hire newcomers. This lesson will help you to tweak your recruitment and hiring process in small ways that will make a big difference to newcomers as they go through your evaluation process.
Who is this course for?
- Small business owners/employers
- Small business managers/supervisors
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
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Explain how less-than-expected displays of confidence are interpreted inaccurately by interviewers
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Describe how small businesses can think more inclusively about newcomers’ backgrounds, credentials and differing expression of confidence
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Explain how interviewers can decode candidate experience by asking about transferable skills
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Clarify the diversity and inclusion principles and values to which you want to commit
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Articulate a diversity and inclusion statement of values for your company
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Back up diversity and inclusion statements with policies and actions
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Describe current industry-wide solutions for inclusive hiring
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Write clear, inclusive job postings that invite diverse job seekers to apply
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Create self-assessment forms as a way to help newcomer job seekers perform better in interviews
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Design practical tests, interviews and reference checks in a way that decreases barriers to hiring newcomers