A review of the University’s approach to recruitment and selection has been undertaken by HR to:

• Ensure it is strategically aligned to the ambitious aims set out in our strategy.
• Share the fantastic recruitment and selection practice happening in some areas with a view to creating more consistency across the University.
• Act on feedback about the usability and clarity of the current guidance and strike a better balance between online guidance and the dedicated support offered by the recruitment team in HROD.

So what’s changed?

– Less of a focus on the recruitment process and more on the importance of the key principles that will underpin all future recruitment and selection at Sheffield Hallam. These are:

• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• A positive candidate experience
• Effective selection

– Specific guidance on how academic staff must be recruited.
– New guidance on the different assessment tools and interview techniques that managers use to create a robust selection process.
– A change in the way the guidance is presented, plus a reduction in the number of pages.
– New commitments in terms of the training and development that Chairs and panel members must complete. Staff will not be able to chair selection activity (i.e. shortlisting, interviewing and making appointments) without first completing the university’s new ‘Chairs of Panels – Recruitment & Selection training’. Completing this training will become a mandatory requirement from April 2018. There will be a rollout of the training in March 2018, with a number of sessions being run in this month. The session will be available on an ongoing basis thereafter.

The training is a 2 hour session and covers:

• Equality & Diversity. The Chairs role in ensuring recruitment and selection follows best practice.
• Ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Effective selection. Robust and appropriate selection & decision making at each stage of the recruitment process.

Specific sessions have been organised for HWB on the following dates:

21st March 2018, 10.00-12.00, RWB F514
23rd March 2018, 14.00-16.00, Coll Hall AO27

Further sessions, open to staff from all faculties, have been organised on the following dates:

27th March 2018, 13.30-15.30, Aspect Court
17th April, 9.30-11.30, Oneleven
23rd April 2018, 9.30-11.30, Charles Street
4th May 2018, 9.30-11.30, Oneleven
19th June 2018, 9.30-11.30, Charles Street

You can book on the above training via Core Portal.