Recruitment and selection

Attracting, assessing, and appointing people fairly and efficiently, from job design and advertising through shortlisting, assessment, offer, and pre-employment checks.

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Levels

1. Awareness: You can:

explain the stages of the organisation's recruitment process
follow fair and safe recruitment rules, including pre-employment checks
2. Working: You can:

run recruitment campaigns through the applicant tracking system
support managers with adverts, shortlisting, and interview arrangements
complete pre-employment checks and make conditional offers
3. Practitioner: You can:

advise managers on job design, selection methods, and fair assessment
design assessments for specialist roles, such as technical exercises for digital roles
analyse recruitment data to improve time to hire, quality, and diversity
manage the candidate experience and the employer brand
4. Expert: You can:

set the organisation's recruitment strategy and service standards
lead the choice and use of recruitment technology and agencies
make sure recruitment is inclusive and lawful across the organisation

Closest ESCO skills

recruit employees (close match)
recruit personnel (close match)
interview people (narrow match)

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role level	Role	Band	Expected level
Recruitment assistant	Recruitment officer	3	Working
Recruitment officer	Recruitment officer	4	Practitioner
Digital talent partner	Recruitment officer	5	Practitioner
Recruitment manager	Recruitment officer	6	Expert