16 CV courses in Manchester

Learn the basics of Data Science, combining a supported #CISCO Skills for All online course with practical learning and a project to help consolidate the learning.

Often your recruitment and induction processes determine whether you retain your staff and volunteers. A poor induction often leads to a lack of productivity and motivation. This half day course is designed to help participants ensure that new staff receive a comprehensive and welcoming induction so that they can settle into their job or role quickly and with confidence. The course can be run as a one-off session or can be incorporated into a series of sessions on managing staff.

Learn the basics of Data Science, combining a supported #CISCO Skills for All online course with practical learning and a project to help consolidate the learning.

This very practical session is designed to enable participants to improve the impact, clarity and accuracy of their reports. It focuses equally on the two key areas - structure and writing technique. This course will help participants: * Scope reports based on objective and intended readership * Write a structured report * Use the Fog Index to ensure readability * Write grammatically correct and well-punctuated text * Review and edit their work. 1 INTRODUCTION * Objectives and overview * Introductions and personal aims 2 WHAT MAKES A GOOD REPORT? * Practical activity and feedback 3 BEFORE YOU START * The planning process and scoping a report * Organising information * Key report headings * What goes where? * Writing practice and review 4 WRITING TIPS AND TECHNIQUES * Clear English and use of language * Grammar and sentence structure * Refresher in punctuation * Writing in the third person * The Fog Index - and how to measure readability 5 PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER * Reviewing and proofing 6 REVIEW * Summary of key learning points * Action planning

This is not a single course but a set of menu options from which you can 'pick and mix' to create a draft programme yourself, as a discussion document which we can then fine-tune with you. For a day's training course, simply consider your objectives, select six hours' worth of modules and let us do the fine-tuning so that you get the best possible training result. Consider your objectives carefully for maximum benefit from the course. Is the training for new or experienced credit control staff? Are there specific issues to be addressed within your particular sector (eg, housing, education, utilities, etc)? Do your staff need to know more about the legal issues? Or would a practical demonstration of effective telephone tactics be more useful to them? MENU Rather than a generic course outline, the expert trainer has prepared a training 'menu' from which you can select those topics of most relevance to your organisation. We can then work with you to tailor a programme that will meet your specific objectives. * Advanced credit control skills for supervisors - 1⁄2 day * Basic legal overview: do's and don'ts of debt recovery - 2 hours * Body language in the credit and debt sphere - 1⁄2 day * County Court suing and enforcement - 1⁄2 day * Credit checking and assessment - 1 hour * Customer visits and 'face to face' debt recovery skills - 1⁄2 day * Data Protection Act explained - 1⁄2 day * Dealing with 'Caring Agencies' and third parties - 1 hour * Debt counselling skills - 2 hours * Elementary credit control skills for new staff - 1⁄2 day * Granting credit and collecting debt in Europe - 1⁄2 day * Identifying debtors by 'type' to handle them accurately - 1 hour * Insolvency: Understanding bankruptcy / receivership / administration / winding-up / liquidation / CVAs and IVAs - 2 hours * Late Payment of Commercial Debts Interest Act explained - 2 hours * Liaison with sales and other departments for maximum credit effectiveness - 1 hour * Suing in Scottish Courts (Small Claims and Summary Cause) - 1⁄2 day * Telephone techniques for successful debt collection - 11⁄2 hours * Terms and conditions of business with regard to credit and debt - 2 hours * Tracing 'gone away' debtors (both corporate and individual) - 11⁄2 hours * What to do if you/your organisation are sued - 1⁄2 day Other topics you might wish to consider could include: * Assessment of new customers as debtor risks * Attachment of Earnings Orders * Bailiffs and how to make them work for you * Benefit overpayments and how to recover them * Cash flow problems (business) * Charging Orders over property/assets * Credit policy: how to write one * Council and Local Authority debt recovery * Consumer Credit Act debt issues * Using debt collection agencies * Director's or personal guarantees * Domestic debt collection by telephone * Exports (world-wide) and payment for * Emergency debt recovery measures * Education Sector debt recovery * Forms used in credit control * Factoring of sales invoices * Finance Sector debt recovery needs * Third Party Debt Orders (Enforcement) * Government departments (collection from) * Harassment (what it is - and what it is not) * Health sector debt recovery skills * Hardship (members of the public) * Insolvency and the Insolvency Act * In-house collection agency (how to set up) * Instalments: getting offers which are kept * Judgment (explanation of types) * Keeping customers while collecting the debt * Late payment penalties and sanctions * Letter writing for debt recovery * Major companies as debtors * Members of the public as debtors * Monitoring of major debtors and risks * Negotiation skills for debt recovery * Old debts and how to collect them * Out of hours telephone calls and visits * Office of Fair Trading and collections * Oral Examination (Enforcement) * Pro-active telephone collection * Parents of young debtors * Partnerships as debtors * Positive language in debt recovery * Pre-litigation checking skills * Power listening skills * Questions to solicit information * Retention of title and 'Romalpa' clauses * Sale of Goods Act explained * Salesmen and debt recovery * Sheriffs to enforce your judgment * Students as debtors * Statutory demands for payment * Small companies (collection from) * Sundry debts (collection of) * Terms and Conditions of Contract * Tracing 'gone away' debtors * The telephone bureau and credit control * Taking away reasons not to pay * Train the trainer skills * Utility collection needs * Visits for collection and recovery * Warrant of execution (enforcement)

This course is aimed at management and those with responsibility for recruiting and selecting employees internally or externally for their organisation. Since the economic downturn, job seeker numbers have increased. This has resulted in additional costs for businesses as they have had to assess more and more candidates. A lot of businesses have responded by inputting additional layers in their recruitment and selection process. With rumoured costs of between £7,000 and £35,000 for employing staff depending on level, it's essential that this process is robust. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Syllabus The syllabus of the Recruitment and Selection course is comprised of eight modules, covering the following: Module One Impacting Legislation * What is discrimination and what impact does it have on employment? * The importance of a Contract of Employment * Understanding employee rights and Working Time Directive * Data Protection Module Two The Recruitment Process/Defining the Requirements * A generic overview of the recruitment process * Looking into key aspects on the recruitment process, including; * Job assessment * Job descriptions * Job profiling Module Three Advertising the Job * Using recruitment agencies and specialists * Designing the advertisement to attract the right candidates * Where to place the advertisement to get maximum results Module Four Responding to Applications and Shortlisting * Acknowledging applications and sending holding letters * Reading and matching CVs/letters/application forms to the job specification * Planning the interview schedule * Preparing and sending interviewee packs * Preparing and sending rejection letters Module Five Preparing to Interview * Organising the logistics behind an interview * Using tests and psychometrics to whittle down the candidates * Effectively preparing generic/first and second generation questions * Single interviews Vs. panel interviews Module Six The Interview * How to correctly greet candidates * Administrating tests and psychometrics * The successful use of questioning techniques * The role of active listening * Interpreting body language - theirs and yours * How to assess the candidate throughout the interview * How to properly close the interview Module Seven The Selection Decision * Making an objective selection * Following up on references and using these to make an informed decision * Presenting the job offer to the successful candidate * Sending rejection letters in a sensitive and tactful manner * How and when to provide constructive feedback Module Eight Theory Into Practice All participants will get a chance to practice what they have learned. They will plan and conduct an interview and receive constructive feedback. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course participants will be able to: * State the key pieces of legislation impacting on the recruitment and selection * Prepare a relevant job and personnel specification for a vacancy * Design an effective job advertisement * Identify best practices and protocols in responding to, and short-listing, applicants * Prepare effectively for a recruitment interview * Carry out an objective and professional recruitment interview * Make an objective and balanced recruitment decision * Complete the recruitment process to best practice standards SCHEDULED COURSES Unfortunately this course is not one that is currently scheduled as an open course, and is only available on an in-house basis. Please contact us for more information.