SS220: Guiding Recruitment and Selection Activities – Workshop
Technical Area(s) | Staffing |
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Staffing Competencies |
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HR General Competencies |
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Proficiency Level(s) | Level 3 - Intermediate |
Target Audience |
The target audience for this course package is Staffing Specialists at GS levels 11-14.
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Prerequisites | SS210: Introduction to Guiding Recruitment and Selection Activities. In addition, for the best learning outcomes, the following courses are recommended, but not required, to be taken before this course:
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Seat Time/Course Length | This ILT course package should be advertised as a three and a half day course. (Note: This seat time is for the classroom session only; it does not include time for OJT and coaching activities.) |
Lesson 1: Workshop Overview |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Review the key concepts and overall structure of this course |
Enabling |
Review key concepts related to guiding recruitment and selection activities |
Enabling |
Recognize the learning objectives and agenda for this course |
Enabling |
Identify the guidance activities required at each step of the federal hiring process |
Lesson 2: Proactively Building Relationships with External Stakeholders |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Guide your team in proactively engaging with external stakeholders to anticipate hiring requirements |
Enabling |
Assess your current aptitude in engaging proactively with external stakeholders to anticipate hiring requirements |
Enabling |
Articulate how to apply key leadership skills to engage proactively with external stakeholders to anticipate hiring requirements |
Enabling |
Plan how to engage more proactively with external stakeholders to anticipate hiring requirements |
Lesson 3: Establishing a High-Performing Staffing Team |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Apply knowledge of the characteristics of effective teams to inspire and foster team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust |
Enabling |
Assess your current aptitude in establishing high-performing teams |
Enabling |
Recognize the characteristics of effective teams |
Enabling |
Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of team members |
Enabling |
Apply knowledge of team member characteristics to plan how your team will work together |
Enabling |
Identify strategies to build trust with team members |
Enabling |
Recognize a simple model for providing feedback to team members |
Enabling |
Plan how you can establish high-performing teams |
Lesson 4: Initiating Team Activities |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Given a staffing initiative, plan recruiting activities and communicate that plan to your team |
Enabling |
Assess your current aptitude in initiating team activities |
Enabling |
Apply knowledge of team member strengths and weaknesses to plan and assign the work for a recruiting activity |
Enabling |
Communicate the work plan for a recruiting activity to your team |
Enabling |
Plan how you can improve your aptitude in initiating team activities |
Lesson 5: Collaborating with External Stakeholders During a Staffing Initiative |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Apply multiple sources of influence for gaining cooperation, acquiring information, solving problems, and achieving team goals for a staffing initiative |
Enabling |
Assess your current aptitude in influencing external stakeholders |
Enabling |
Guide Staffing Specialists in identifying influencing strategies to obtain information from external stakeholders |
Enabling |
Guide Staffing Specialists in identifying influencing strategies to guide a recruitment strategy |
Enabling |
Guide Staffing Specialists in applying influencing strategies to engage external stakeholders fully in collaborating on a staffing initiative |
Enabling |
Plan how you can collaborate more effectively with external stakeholders during a staffing initiative |
Lesson 6: Solving Problems During a Staffing Initiative |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Address typical problems that may arise during a staffing initiative |
Enabling |
Assess your current aptitude in addressing typical problems that may arise during a staffing initiative |
Enabling |
Apply a methodical problem-solving process to address typical problems that may arise during a staffing initiative |
Enabling |
Plan how to improve your and your team members’ problem-solving capabilities |
Lesson 7: Addressing Conflicts Among Team Members |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
During a staffing initiative, constructively address conflicts that may arise among team members |
Enabling |
Assess your current aptitude in constructively addressing conflict |
Enabling |
Apply a methodical process to manage and resolve conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner |
Enabling |
Anticipate and take steps to prevent counter-productive confrontations among team members |
Enabling |
Plan how to improve your and your team's capability in addressing and resolving conflicts |
Lesson 8: Monitoring Your Team’s Progress |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Monitor progress of team activities and adjust as necessary to ensure successful, on-time completion |
Enabling |
Assess your current aptitude in monitoring and adjusting your team’s activities |
Enabling |
Review status reports/tracking documents and other status tools to monitor your team’s progress in completing recruitment activities |
Enabling |
Identify adjustments that must be made to keep team activities on track |
Enabling |
Apply a simple feedback model to provide constructive feedback that identifies what is working well and what improvements are needed |
Enabling |
Recognize and reward excellent effort during staffing initiatives |
Enabling |
Celebrate team successes |
Enabling |
Plan how you can improve your aptitude in monitoring and adjusting team activities |
Lesson 9: Guiding Selection Activities Capstone |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
During selection, apply leadership skills to establish a team and guide team members and external stakeholders effectively to achieve selection goals |
Enabling |
Apply knowledge of the characteristics of effective teams to inspire and foster team commitment, spirit, pride, and trust |
Enabling |
Plan selection activities and communicate that plan to your team |
Enabling |
Apply multiple sources of influence for gaining cooperation, acquiring information, solving problems, and achieving team goals for a staffing initiative |
Enabling |
Monitor progress of team activities and identify problems to resolve |
Enabling |
Apply a methodical problem-solving process to address typical problems that may arise |
Enabling |
Apply a simple feedback model to provide constructive feedback that identifies what is working well and what improvements are needed |
Enabling |
Apply a methodical process to manage and resolve conflicts and disagreements in a constructive manner |
Enabling |
Identify the most appropriate methods to recognize and reward excellent effort |
Lesson 10: Wrap Up and Action Planning |
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Objective Type |
Objectives |
Terminal |
Plan how to apply lessons learned on guiding recruitment and selection activities in the work environment |
Enabling |
Summarize challenges that were addressed in this workshop |
Enabling |
Develop an action plan for continued learning of how to apply leadership skills to guide recruitment and selection activities |