Recruitment, Interviewing and Selection Training

Management & Leadership · 5 Days · Public · Al-Khobraa certified · From USD 3,900

Overview

This is the ‘everything you need to know' course you have to attend before hiring someone. By participating in this course, you will learn all you need to know about employee interviews, recruitment, and selection. You will also learn why making the wrong hiring decision means throwing away a substantial investment in time and money.

Learning Objectives

• Define recruitment, list its main steps and learn the best methods and sources for attracting qualified candidates
• Practice the various techniques used for shortlisting and assessing candidates and the reliability and validity of each
• Discover the main types of selection interviews and when and how to use each
• Prepare and conduct a probing interview for any vacancy and level in the organization
• Use the data collected from various assessment stages for selection purposes

Who Should Attend

Managers, superintendents, supervisors, and officers in the functions of human resources or recruitment whose jobs require recruiting and selecting employees. The course is also very useful for all those outside human resources whose jobs require conducting frequent and important selection interviews. Target Competencies Decision making Communication Negotiation Interpersonal skills Influencing Culture awareness Service delivery

• Target Competencies
• Decision making
• Communication
• Negotiation
• Interpersonal skills
• Influencing
• Culture awareness
• Service delivery

Course Outline

Day 1 — Recruitment and Selection

• Recruitment versus selection
• Stages in the recruitment process
• Roles and responsibilities at each stage
• Managing relations with other HR functions

Day 2 — Attracting Candidates

• Various sources for attracting candidates:
• Referrals and internal candidates
• Recruitment ads
• Advertising pros and cons

Day 3 — Interviewing Candidates

• Screening and biographical interviews
• Serial and sequential interviews
• Hypothetical interviews
• Panel interviews: pros and cons

Day 4 — The Selection Decision

• Criteria that should be used
• Use of decision matrixes in selection
• Use of competency gap analysis

Day 5 — Recruitment and Selection Information Management

• Building a database for sources and candidates
• The importance of data tracking
• Physical files versus soft files
• HR management systems

Accreditation

Al-Khobraa certified. On completion delegates receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of achievement.

Dates & Venues

Dates	Venue	Delivery	Duration	Fee (USD)
4–8 October 2026	Dubai, UAE	Public	5 days	3,900

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses cover?

The portfolio covers KPIs and performance management, strategic planning and execution, Mini MBA programmes, supervisory and first-line management skills, change leadership, decision-making and problem-solving, and executive communication. Sessions are workshop-based, built around delegates’ own organisational challenges.

Who should attend a management and leadership course?

These courses suit team leaders and supervisors, department and functional managers, newly promoted managers moving from technical to leadership roles, senior specialists preparing for management, and executives responsible for strategy or organisational performance.

How long are management and leadership courses, and where are they held?

Most Al-Khobraa management and leadership courses run over 5 days. The exact duration, dates and city for this course are listed in the dates section on this page. Public sessions run across Saudi Arabia — Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Khobar, Jubail and Yanbu — as well as regional and international venues, with live virtual classrooms available on request.

What certificate will I receive?

Delegates who complete the course receive an Al-Khobraa certificate of completion, issued by a Saudi-registered training provider. Al-Khobraa also delivers internationally accredited programmes; where a course carries an external awarding body such as PMI, CIPS, ILM or IOSH, that body is named on the course's own page.

Can management and leadership training be delivered in-house for our team?

Yes. Any Al-Khobraa management and leadership course can be delivered in-house at your own premises anywhere in Saudi Arabia or the GCC, with the content, dates and language of delivery tailored to your team. Al-Khobraa is an approved HRDF (Hadaf) provider, so eligible Saudi employers can seek training support. Contact us for a quotation.

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