Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Strategies Training Course

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Course Overview

Hiring is now a data discipline and a brand exercise at the same time. This five-day course equips recruiters, talent acquisition specialists and hiring managers to build a recruitment strategy aligned to business goals, use applicant tracking systems and AI tooling responsibly, strengthen employer brand and sourcing, design inclusive and legally compliant selection, and measure what actually improves quality of hire.

Objectives

Build a talent acquisition strategy aligned with organisational goals
Use applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms and AI tools to streamline hiring
Develop an employer value proposition that attracts the right candidates
Apply structured, competency-based screening and interviewing
Embed diversity, equity and inclusion in every stage of recruitment
Measure recruitment performance with meaningful KPIs and analytics

Duration

5 Days

Who Should Attend

Talent acquisition specialists and recruiters
HR business partners and hiring managers
Employer branding and recruitment marketing professionals
HR analysts and recruitment operations leads

Course Outline

Module 1: Strategic Talent Acquisition Foundations

Talent acquisition versus transactional recruitment
The importance of strategic hiring in a competitive market
Key trends shaping recruitment and talent acquisition
Workforce planning and its link to hiring demand
The candidate-driven market and its implications

Module 2: Building the Recruitment Strategy and Roadmap

Aligning recruitment strategy with business goals
Identifying organisational talent needs
Designing the sourcing mix and channel investment
Budgeting, timelines and service levels
Creating an effective recruitment roadmap

Module 3: Employer Brand and Recruitment Marketing

Crafting an appealing employer value proposition
Authentic culture messaging and avoiding overpromising
Visibility through social media, job boards and careers sites
Campaign planning and candidate personas
Measuring employer brand strength

Module 4: Sourcing, Talent Pools and Pipelines

Sourcing channels: job boards, LinkedIn, communities and referrals
Direct sourcing, boolean search and market mapping
Passive candidate engagement
Building and maintaining talent pipelines
Crafting job descriptions and adverts that attract

Module 5: Screening, Assessment and Structured Interviewing

Best practice in screening applications and CVs
Behavioural and competency-based interviewing
Scorecards and structured evaluation
Assessment centres and work samples
Assessing skills, potential and cultural contribution

Module 6: Candidate Experience and Onboarding

Mapping the candidate journey end to end
Communication, feedback and reducing ghosting
Reducing time-to-hire without harming experience
Offer management and negotiation
Handover to onboarding and early retention

Module 7: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Compliance

The business case for diverse hiring
Inclusive job design and language
Bias interruption at each selection stage
Employment law, equal opportunity and record keeping
Auditing hiring outcomes for adverse impact

Module 8: Recruitment Analytics and Continuous Improvement

Core KPIs: time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, source effectiveness
Quality-of-hire and early attrition measures
Funnel diagnostics and drop-off analysis
Dashboards for hiring managers and executives
Designing experiments to improve conversion

Module 9: AI in Talent Acquisition

AI sourcing, matching and candidate rediscovery
CV parsing and ranking: where bias enters
Conversational screening, scheduling and candidate support
Generative AI for job adverts and outreach
Candidate consent, disclosure and data retention

Module 10: Responsible AI Hiring Strategy and Action Plan

Emerging AI hiring regulation and adverse impact testing
Vendor due diligence and algorithmic audit requirements
Human-in-the-loop decision rules for rejection and selection
Transparency to candidates and appeals mechanisms
Building a 90-day recruiting transformation plan

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Online: Zoom / Google Meet

$1,000 Register

Start Date	End Date	Location	Fee
03/11/2026	14/11/2026	Nairobi	$1,500	Register
03/11/2026	14/11/2026	Mombasa	$1,800	Register
01/12/2026	12/12/2026	Nairobi	$1,500	Register
01/12/2026	12/12/2026	Mombasa	$1,800	Register
29/12/2026	09/01/2027	Nairobi	$1,500	Register
29/12/2026	09/01/2027	Mombasa	$1,800	Register
26/01/2027	06/02/2027	Mombasa	$1,800	Register
02/02/2027	13/02/2027	Nairobi	$1,500	Register

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