Inclusive Recruitment Training for Hiring Managers

Inclusive Recruitment Training for Hiring Managers

The Hiring Manager is the single most influential person in the recruitment process, more influential than the job board, the recruiter, or the HR policy. Hiring managers are involved in six of the eight key stages of the hiring process, and their decisions at each stage shape who enters and advances in the organisation. This training gives hiring managers the practical skills to make those decisions well.

Format

Duration:  2 hours

Location: On line or In Person

Who Should Attend

• Hiring managers at any level who are regularly responsible for interviewing and selecting candidates
• Team leaders who want to improve the diversity and quality of their hires
• Managers whose hiring decisions are not producing the diverse teams they intend
• Organisations that want to complement HR-led DEI recruitment initiatives with line manager capability

What This Workshop Covers

The Hiring Manager’s Role Across the Full Process

A complete map of the hiring process from role scoping to offer stage — identifying the specific contributions and responsibilities of the hiring manager at each point. Many hiring managers have never seen the full picture of what they own. This clarity alone changes behaviour.

Defining the Role for Success, Not Familiarity

The most common hiring error is defining the ideal candidate in the image of the person who last held the role. This section gives hiring managers tools to define roles based on outcomes and competencies — which broadens the talent pool, improves hire quality, and reduces bias.

Running an Effective, Inclusive Interview

How to design questions that test for the competencies that actually matter. How to run an interview that creates a fair and positive experience for all candidates. How to take notes that support objective evaluation rather than post-hoc rationalisation.

Making and Defending Objective Hiring Decisions

Evidence-based decision-making in the hiring conversation: how to present your assessment, how to challenge others’ subjective impressions constructively, and how to arrive at a decision you can justify on merit grounds.

Building Your Talent Pipeline for the Long Term

Inclusive hiring is not a one-hire fix, it is a long-term culture. This section covers how hiring managers can build their own inclusive networks, contribute to employer brand, and create onboarding experiences that retain the diverse talent they hire.

What You Will Leave With

• Map their role and responsibilities across the full eight-stage recruitment process
• Define roles based on outcomes and competencies rather than cultural fit or familiarity
• Design and conduct structured, inclusive interviews
• Make and defend objective, merit-based hiring decisions
• Contribute to building a long-term inclusive talent pipeline for their team

The 3Plus Difference

This workshop is built from 3Plus International’s extensive experience in talent acquisition consulting and inclusive hiring practices. It bridges the gap between what HR policy requires and what hiring managers actually need to know to make it work in practice.

Add-On Options

• Combined delivery with Mitigating Bias in the Recruitment Process for a full hiring programme
• A structured interview design workshop specific to your most common roles

Book This Workshop for Your Organisation

This workshop is available online or in-person and can be customised to reflect your organisation’s specific hiring process, competency frameworks, and diversity priorities. Contact us at info@3plusinternational.com.