The Federal Authority for Government Human Resources (FAHR) has recently concluded a free training program, under the title “Recruitment Skills: the effective selection and appointment of talents". The Program was attended by officials and employees of HR departments in the ministries and federal bodies, as part of a series of training courses offered free of charge by FAHR within "Ma’aref" Initiative for the Federal Government’s preferred training partners, which was launched last year. Ma’aref is considered as a first of its kind initiative at the level of the Federal Government, whereby a list of the best training providers across the UAE is compiled and made available to federal ministries and agencies to make use of their services at competitive prices.
The aim of the 3-day Program organized by FAHR at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, in cooperation with the Center for Organizati9nal Development "CODE", is to provide participants with modern HRM techniques of talent attraction, the development of their skills in relation to handling the various stages of recruitment, how to deal with each stage, as well as introduce them to the importance of job analysis and evaluation in selection and appointment. In addition, the Program seeks to develop technical and behavioral skills necessary to conduct interviews with job applicants, and acquaint participants with the latest methods applied globally in the field of assessment of personality, experiences and qualifications according to the job requirements.
The program focused on a number of important issues, including: current trends in human resources management and work systems, global standards in selection and appointment policies, basics of human resource management, the impact of selection and appointment on the effectiveness of institutions, the relationship between selection and appointment and human resource planning, as well as sources of personnel selection, and the mechanism of job analysis and its use in selection and appointment processes.
The trainer highlighted the major steps related to policies and procedures for selection of new recruits, such as advertising and research, receiving job-seekers, personal interview, career and personal testing, nomination for appointment, and finally, the appointment.
The participants got acquainted with recruitment rules and regulations, forms and records used in personnel recruitment, interviewing skills, effective interview procedures and time management, factors and skills affecting appointment decision-making, recruitment procedures and engagement of new employees.
"Ma’aref" Initiative aims to create a partnership based upon social responsibility and mutual interest between public and private sectors. It has been launched to ensure the provision of quality training for approximately 84,000 employees working for 56 federal ministries and entities, and to meet training needs in a manner that satisfies the requirements of the Training & Development System for the Federal Government employees. The initiative also aims at achieving cost effective budgeting of training programs within the Federal Government entities, thus ensuring the engagement of the maximum possible number of employees in such programs, significantly contributing to enhancement of efficiency and productivity and creating an attractive work environment in the Federal Government, as well as enabling federal entities to select the most appropriate training courses directly online within pre-determined time frames.