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Recruitment and Selection

(12 reviews)
by Alan Nelson

Are you hiring the talent you need to build a great team of accountants? This course provides comprehensive guidance on the recruitment process, from the moment the need to hire occurs to extending a formal job offer. Discover how to identify candidates with the precise professional competencies, technical expertise, and personal attributes essential for your team's success.

£100+vat
4 CPD hours
120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Create a compelling job advert that defines the accountabilities, standards and competencies related to the position.
  • Find and attract the right candidates for your position and shortlist the applicants ready for interview.
  • Employ different types of questions appropriately, predict the success of candidates, and use assessments and tests effectively.
  • Recognise the best ways to prepare to interview candidates.
  • Understand how to select the right candidate and the process for making a formal job offer.
  • About the course

      In today's competitive recruitment landscape, securing top accounting and finance talent demands a strategic approach. Most people focus primarily on the interview, but if we are serious about building the best team, we must focus on the whole recruitment process. It all starts with job profiling, then finding and shortlisting the right candidates, so that you can prepare properly for the selection process.

      This course provides practical advice across the entire recruitment process, from the moment a vacancy arises through to making a job offer. Discover how to create a strong job description and person specification as well as how to find the ideal people who will fit into your company's culture.

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    Alan Nelson

    Alan Nelson is the founder of accountingcpd and has a keen interest in economics and in management skills training in the accountancy profession. He has been Chair of ICAEW's Practice Assurance Committee, and a member of ACCA's SME Committee and of IFA's Regulatory Committee. He is currently a member of the Bank of England's Decision Making Panel.

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    Smith J
    19 Nov 2025
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    JS
    Smith J
    19 Nov 2025
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Suspendisse sodales consequat enim. Vivamus congue purus vitae erat sollicitudin commodo. Suspendisse ac lorem turpis.
    JS
    Smith J
    19 Nov 2025
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