Recruitment: Core Competency and Selection

  Recruitment: Core Competency and Selection

For hiring, and project teams, core competency is a discipline with defines the key qualities needed in a specific role. Understanding the principles of core competency can significantly increase the effectiveness of hiring, as top performers out perform GOOD performers by a ratio of 5 to 1. How do stellar performers assess options, deal with set backs, seek input? These same principles can be used in creating cross functional teams, project teams, and virtual teams. An important aspect of management includes developing the professional skills of existing staff.

Learning outcomes include:

  • Understand the difference between “experience” criteria and “core competencies”
  • Develop custom questions for eliciting problem solving approaches of top performers.
  • Effective management of diverse perspectives on teams
  • Key steps to developing your professional staff