This essential training course provides a comprehensive overview of recruitment processes in the UK, with a strong focus on legal obligations, fair procedures, and inclusive hiring practices. Aimed at business owners, people managers, and HR personnel, the course equips participants with the knowledge and tools to manage recruitment activities that are not only effective and compliant, but also inclusive and aligned with organisational values.

This course covers:

• The legal framework governing recruitment, including the Equality Act 2010, Immigration Act, and GDPR

• Avoiding unlawful discrimination and bias in job adverts, shortlisting, and interviews

• Creating inclusive, legally compliant job descriptions and person specifications

• Structuring fair and objective selection and interview processes

• Conducting right to work checks and avoiding illegal working risks

• Data protection responsibilities when handling candidate information

• Making lawful job offers and issuing contracts in line with UK employment law

• Keeping appropriate recruitment records to manage risk and ensure transparency

Optional module: Inclusive Hiring and Unconscious Bias

This add-on module explores how unconscious bias can affect recruitment decisions and provides strategies for creating a fairer, more inclusive hiring process. Topics include:

• Understanding different forms of bias in recruitment

• Practical tools for reducing bias in shortlisting and interviews

• Building diverse candidate pipelines and inclusive job adverts

• Embedding equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into recruitment policies