Recruitment Training Courses

Overview | Recruitment Training Courses

Whether you’re new to recruiting or an experienced hiring manager seeking to refine your approach, our courses equip you with the knowledge, skills, and techniques to excel in selecting top talent.

Some of the key skills that our recruitment training courses cover include:

• Understanding the role and responsibilities of an effective recruiter
• Planning a structured and legally compliant recruitment process
• Creating a compelling job description and candidate profile
• Shortlisting applicants objectively and efficiently
• Mastering interview techniques to assess candidates thoroughly
• Applying consistent and fair selection criteria
• Conducting engaging and insightful interviews
• Providing constructive feedback to unsuccessful applicants
• Ensuring a smooth and supportive onboarding process
• Understanding diversity, equality, and inclusion in recruitment
• Building a strong employer brand to attract top talent

Course Outline | Recruitment Training

Here is an example of an in-house, customised course we can run for you. We can deliver this course exactly as it is below, or we can tweak it to suit your requirements.

Building a Strong Recruitment Process

• Define the essential role of a recruiter and the key stages of an effective recruitment process.
• Identify the skills needed to manage recruitment tasks efficiently from start to finish.
• Understand how recruitment impacts team performance and organisational success.

Planning and Structuring the Recruitment Process

• Learn how to design a structured and compliant recruitment process.
• Develop strategies for creating clear and engaging job descriptions.
• Establish effective criteria for shortlisting applicants fairly and efficiently.

Interviewing Techniques and Candidate Selection

• Master interview techniques that draw out relevant skills and behaviours from candidates.
• Develop questioning strategies to assess candidate fit for the role and organisation.
• Understand the principles of consistent, fair candidate evaluation.

Offering the Role and Onboarding New Hires

• Learn best practices for making job offers and managing negotiations.
• Gain skills to support a smooth, welcoming onboarding experience for new hires.
• Ensure that new starters feel supported and ready to contribute effectively.

Ensuring Diversity and Inclusion in Recruitment

• Understand the importance of promoting diversity and inclusivity in hiring practices.
• Learn techniques for reducing unconscious bias throughout the recruitment process.
• Create a recruitment strategy that strengthens workplace diversity and equality.

Key Features | Recruitment Course

Recruitment Skills Training

Learn the latest techniques and strategies to become an effective recruiter. Our training is delivered by top trainers in an engaging way that makes it easy to understand and apply directly to your recruitment process.

Embed The Learning

Mastering recruitment skills is one thing, but applying them consistently can be challenging. That’s why our courses always includes way to embed the learning at work.

Certification

All our solutions are assured by the Institute of Leadership and Management and are CPD certified. This reassures you that the training you will receive is the very best.

What Learners Say

Our learners frequently report that the recruitment skills training gained from our courses have transformed their hiring approach. Please check out our independent Feefo reviews to see for yourself.

On-Going Recruitment Support

All learners will receive 6 months access to our sister company Skillshub’s eLearning platform. They will also receive email and phone support that they can tap into.

Similar Learners

Our courses are ideal if you’ve had no formal training or a new to recruitment. All the other learners on our course are in the same boat as you which helps to gel the group.

FAQs about Recruitment Skills Training

What Is Recruitment Skills Training?

Recruitment Skills Training helps you hire well by teaching you the full recruitment process.

Whether you’re new to recruiting or already managing hiring, this course gives you the knowledge, techniques, and confidence to do it better. You’ll learn how to plan a legally compliant hiring process, write strong job descriptions, shortlist fairly, interview effectively, give feedback to candidates, and onboard new hires—all while ensuring diversity, equality, and good employment practice. Strong recruitment practices also complement management training, as hiring the right people is a core part of effective team leadership.

What Are The Benefits Of Recruitment Skills Training?

Good recruitment training improves success in hiring and reduces risk.

You’ll be able to attract better candidates, make more reliable hiring decisions, and reduce bias or inconsistency. This means less turnover, fewer disputes, and a stronger employer brand. As hiring becomes more effective, your organisation will save time and money, improve team culture, and build trust with candidates and employees alike. These benefits are reinforced by leadership training courses, which develop the skills needed to inspire and retain the people you bring into the business.

What Does The Training Cover?

It covers every part of the recruitment process from planning to onboarding.

You’ll explore the recruiter’s role and responsibilities; how to structure and plan recruitment; crafting job descriptions and candidate profiles; interview techniques; fair shortlisting; providing feedback to unsuccessful applicants; smooth onboarding; and how to embed diversity, equality and inclusion into your hiring practices. Also, you’ll work on employer brand-building and ensuring legal compliance throughout. For managers who want to build their broader capability, our management skills course offers additional tools in communication, decision-making, and leadership that support long-term recruitment success.

What Options Are Available For Delivery?

Flexible delivery formats to suit different levels and organisational needs.

We offer open courses (typically over 2 days) for individuals wanting a comprehensive foundational experience. We also provide customised in-house programmes tailored to your organisation’s specific challenges and skill gaps. All courses are delivered by expert trainers, with ongoing support and ways to embed learning, such as follow-up resources and access to eLearning when needed.

Make An Enquiry

Please call us on 0333 320 2883, email us at info@mtdtraining.com or complete our form below with any questions that you may have and we will get back to you.