http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles Interviewing, leadership and recruitment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:27:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was announced this week that Essex County Council plan to offer a job to the runner-up in reality TV series "The Apprentice". In the show, 16 hopefuls from all walks of life have competed with one another to win a £100,000 a year position within businessman Sir Alan ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/15 In business, much is made of networking. And yet many of us dread going to networking events because of the pressure of finding new people to talk to, or because we never quite know what to say in our "elevator pitch". Other people make networking into a competition ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/14 Heather MacDougall describes The Interviewers Resource Pack from Allen Training Associates as her “bible”. Never out of the busy HR Manager’s hands for very long, MacDougall uses The Interviewer’s Resource Pack to fill vacancies for everything from Administrators to Laboratory Attendants to Environmental Stress Physiologists. MacDougall used the pack for ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/12 Recruiting new staff can be a headache, whether it involves dealing with employment agencies, placing adverts or organising interviews. In this article we look at 7 top tips to help get all stages of the recruitment process right. 1. Be clear about the job description - what are the ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/13 How do you decide whether a public course or an in-house course is best? There are a number of factors to think about, and in this article we guide you through some of these, whether you are researching training for yourself, or for your staff. Public training courses exist in ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/10 Most recruitment decisions are made on aptitude -- can the candidate DO the job. Most recruitment problems are down to attitude -- is the candidate the right person for the job. Such recruitment mistakes can be very costly to growing businesses. This article prepares you to conduct ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/7 Training Magazine conduced a product review of The Interviewer's Resource Pack in their May 2006 issue. Favourably compared with the DVD on Competency Based Interviewing from Video Arts, The Interviewer's Resource Pack received a prestigious "five out of five" rating. For the full text of the review, read ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/6 An increasing number of employers are using Competency-Based Interviewing techniques. If you apply for a job and are told that the interviewer will use this technique, this article will explain what a Competency Based Interview is, and how you should prepare for it. Well done – you’ve been invited to ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/5 We take it for granted that leaders have good communication skills, can motivate people and get results. This article explores seven advanced competencies that set truly great leaders apart. 1 – Courage A true leader is prepared to go out on a limb to get results. Be prepared to face ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/4 What is the real cost of a recruitment mistake? The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) estimates the average cost of filling a vacancy to be £8,200 when associated labour turnover costs are also taken into account. A significant sum in its own right but more worryingly, the cost ... http://www.allentraining.co.uk/articles/3