Is recruiting in English different ?

• Find the best hiring solutions : diversity recruitment, bilingual candidates, market trends, career and industry crossover
• Become informed about the legal differences and hiring in France, the UK and the US
• Adapt your company's hiring policies and internationalizing operations on a global scale
• Gain awareness of intercultural differences during the hiring process
• Find and hire the right managers to lead international development and management and become an invaluable strategic asset to your company
Exercise : using the latest recruitment tools to attract international talent: the internet, online recruitment sites, newspapers, career fairs, headhunters and social networking

Before the interview

• Define the job requirements, the job description, identify specific skills of the international profile of the candidate
• The job advertisement and legal considerations : age discrimination and other equal opportunity employment laws
Exercise : analyze different job advertisements in English and French
Case study : create a job matrix to organize the recruitment of international managers
• Define a recruitment campaign, the process and preparation of hiring, internal versus external recruitment on a worldwide scale
Role playing : conducting an interview in English
Exercise : compare French and English curriculum vitaes and cover letters

The job interview

Case study : selecting between two very qualified international candidates
Case study : behavioural interviewing techniques, using a specific recruitment tool for international recruitment
• Interviewing techniques : telephone interviewing and shortlisting candidates
Role playing : conduct a face-to-face interview in English with fit to your organization, and sell the position
• Formulate effective questions and maintain control of the interview with international candidates
• Become familiar with the legal considerations and prohibited questions during the interview
• Candidate assessment techniques
• Techniques for evaluating professional accomplishments, personal charisma, interpersonal communication, creativity, leadership, cultural awareness, motivation and drive of international candidates

After the job interview, making the decision and offer

• Conduct an objective evaluation of each candidate
Exercise : create a grid and scoring system to compare candidates to one another
• Identify the best candidate for your organization and reference checking
• Making a verbal offer and written offer
• The job offer and package: the letter of employment and the employment contract
• Complying with legal requirements when hiring, filing and registering new employees
Test de connaissances : general knowledge quiz