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Fundamentals of Recruiting and Shortlisting

Fundamentals of Recruiting and Shortlisting

Why Attend

This course is designed to equip participants with the practical knowledge and skills required to effectively manage the talent acquisition process, with a particular focus on recruiting, screening, and shortlisting candidates within their organizations. It covers the complete continuum from attracting qualified talent and developing compelling job advertisements, to applying best practices in candidate screening, qualification, and assessment using reliable evaluation methods. Emphasis is placed on leveraging appropriate sourcing channels and assessment tools to ensure alignment between candidate competencies and job requirements. By the end of the course, participants will have developed a structured approach to talent acquisition that enhances the quality of candidate pipelines and supports informed decisions in progressing candidates to subsequent stages of the selection process. 

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Overview
Course Methodology

This course uses a blended learning methodology incorporating interactive lectures, group discussions, practical exercises, and role-playing activities. This approach ensures engagement, fosters collaborative learning, and allows participants to apply theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios, significantly enhancing the learning experience and knowledge retention.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Analyze the fundamentals of recruiting and screening to ensure alignment with organizational needs and HR governance
  • Design a job requirement profile using mandatory and weighted criteria to improve candidate–job fit
  • Apply effective sourcing and shortlisting practices to progress qualified candidates to the next stage using reliable assessment methods
Target Audience

This course is ideal for HR professionals, recruiters, hiring managers, and small business owners seeking to enhance their recruitment and shortlisting skills. It is especially beneficial for those looking to improve their candidate sourcing, evaluation, and selection processes to build effective teams.

Target Competencies
  • Recruitment and shortlisting
  • Screening
  • Interviewing
  • Decision making and report writing
Course Outline
  • Recruiting and Screening Fundamentals
    • Fundamentals of recruiting
    • Recruiting versus screening
    • Core stages in recruiting and screening
    • Roles and responsibilities in recruiting
    • Managing relationships with other HR functions
  • Job Requirements and the Role Profile
    • Importance of job requirements
    • Preparing the job requirement profile
    • Mandatory and weighted criteria
    • Components of the job requirement profile
    • Job description versus job requirement profile
  • Sourcing, Shortlisting, and Screening
    • Searching for candidates
    • Recruitment sources
    • Recruitment advertisements
    • Shortlisting and screening for the next stage
    • Assessment methods and tools
Schedule & Fees
2026 Schedule & Fees
Per participant
  • 30 Aug - 1 Sep, 2026
  • Arabic
  • Riyadh
  • Venue to be assigned
Fees + VAT as applicable (including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch daily) Discount Plans & Cancellations Policy

Meirc reserves the right to alter dates, content, venue, trainer, and to offer courses in an integrated virtual learning (IVL) format whereby face to face classroom participants and virtual learners participate simultaneously in the same course in an interactive learning experience.

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