Running a Valid Process The importance of the job specification, the competency definitions and behavioural indicators
The Semi-Structured Interview The elements of a fair process The skills to apply during a semi-structured interview The skills to apply during the evaluation process post-interview (“behaviourally anchored rating scales”) Managing intrapersonal and interpersonal processes that can derail your process and skew your candidate evaluation Understanding implicit bias and introducing ways to “manage” it
Ask vs. Tell Handling candidate questions Managing requests for feedback
CHALLENGE An interview is a conversation with a purpose – to hire the best qualified applicant for the job as described. Question whether this is currently the case
CREATE A powerful and inclusive selection process, which takes account of the fact that many interviewees now receive coaching to help them interview well!
CHANGE Identify ways to challenge one’s own behaviour and feel able to call out areas where others could be more consistent, professional and fair
Post programme activities to support the transfer of learning and building of habits
CHALLENGE Review your own job description and generate positive and negative behavioural indicators for that role. Rate your current performance against those indicators
CREATE A personal check-list: ahead of conducting interviews, what do you need to be aware of in order to be the most consistent and fairest interviewer you can be?
CHANGE What suggestion could you offer up to make your selection process even fairer?
We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.
We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?
Quality and innovation, using current market and industry best practices, have made us a trusted partner in delivering dynamic and motivating training for the financial and capital markets. Our programmes are generation proof and responsive to evolving learner needs and styles. Our solutions use a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy that expands beyond relationships between the learner and learning provider. We create connections with managers, peers and the wider business to drive impactful return on investment..
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The team are so friendly and pleasant to work with, everyone is very professional and keen to help us. Building a relationship over the past couple of years helps us to feel like the Alpha team are even more able to understand our needs and provide more proactive solutions.
