Successful Recruitment and Induction

Get the tools and confidence you need to recruit the right people and give them a positive, values-led start with your organisation. In just one day, you’ll learn how to run a fair, engaging recruitment process and create an effective induction that sets your new starters up for success.

Course Overview

Getting the right people in the right seats in a workplace is absolutely key to its success. But so often organisations get it wrong. How do you recruit new members of staff? Are you struggling to find and hire the best candidates?

At Happy, we have developed a different approach to recruitment. Our ethos is all about ‘hire for attitude, train for skill’. We don’t get people to talk about their ability to do the job – we get them to show us what they can do. In this one-day Live Online workshop, we will share with you Happy’s method of recruiting staff and how to create job descriptions that accurately reflect what’s needed to make sure you get it right first time. Plus, you will explore what is needed to set up your new recruits’ to succeed during their probation period.

Why Take This Course?

  • Learn how to recruit based on values as well as skills.
  • Understand how to avoid bias and build a fair, inclusive process.
  • Build an onboarding experience that engages and retains new staff.

Who is this course for

Managers or team members involved in recruitment or induction processes, especially those who are newer to hiring or want a more people-centred approach.

Duration

2 hours

Classroom size

8 approx.

Location

Online

Certificate

1 Certification

Experience

Intermediate

What you will learn

  • Recap key formulas like AVERAGE, MIN and MAX to analyse data.
  • Create conditional calculations, such as adding a bonus for staff exceeding targets.
  • Define Range Names (e.g., ‘VAT’) instead of cell references for easier navigation.
  • Count entries based on specific criteria, e.g., customers in a city.
  • Create an Excel Table and use it to analyse data
  • Set up Data Validation Dropdowns to control data entry.

Curriculum & Key Themes Covered

This course will be taught in the latest version of the software. We can train this in older versions if needed – please get in touch for more information and availability.

Lesson 1 - Establish what enables people to work at their best

You will have the insights and tools required to effectively plan and manage your own personal development and develop key skills to improve your effectiveness through prioritising and planning.

  • Brief Recap on Formulas and Functions
  • Absolute Cell References
  • Basic Range Names
  • Data Validation Drop-Down Lists

Lesson 2 - Understand the difference between eligibility and suitability

You will have the insights and tools required to effectively plan and manage your own personal development and develop key skills to improve your effectiveness through prioritising and planning.

  • Brief Recap on Formulas and Functions
  • Absolute Cell References
  • Basic Range Names
  • Data Validation Drop-Down Lists

Lesson 3 - Get it right first time – understand why ending probation is a last resort

You will have the insights and tools required to effectively plan and manage your own personal development and develop key skills to improve your effectiveness through prioritising and planning.

  • Brief Recap on Formulas and Functions
  • Absolute Cell References
  • Basic Range Names
  • Data Validation Drop-Down Lists

Ready to take the next step?

We are here to help!

This course is only available as a one-to-one or private group booking.

For pricing and availability, send us a message using the form, leave us a message on 020 7375 7300, or speak to an Account Manager straight away using our Live Chat service in the bottom right of your screen!

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Looking for Private Group Training?

If you have three or more learners, a private group training could be cheaper.

We can tailor the content to your team, and host the training remotely, at your workplace or here at Happy’s HQ in Aldgate, Central London.

The Happy guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course.

We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

Why Choose happy?

Because Happiness Works

Joy leads to success, every time,

Expert-Led & Hands-On

Our award-winning training isn’t just theoretical. It’s packed with practical tools you can use straight away.

B Corp Certified & Proud

We don’t just talk about impact — we live it. As a B Corp, we’re committed to making workplaces better for everyone.

Classroom or live online learning available

Both available for public and private dates.

The small print

For Live Online Interactive Learning sessions (webinars)

The course will run remotely for a full day consisting of three 90-minute live online sessions with independent work in between. 

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven’t received this email then please contact our team.

Learners should log into the session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. Unfortunately you will be asked to leave and attend a different day if you arrive more than 15 minutes late for online sessions, and more than 30 minutes late for classroom sessions.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy’s HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9:45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

FAQs

What if I have a Mac?

If you are a Mac user, please let us know when booking. If the course is held in the classroom at Happy, the training is held on PCs so we recommend that you bring your Macbook with you (we are not able to provide an additional monitor). For online training, please let us know when booking and you can use your Mac as normal. We provide a PDF with shortcuts for Mac users and your trainer will refer to this throughout the training.