People Essentials for Growing Businesses
Taking on your first employee is a major milestone for any business, so congratulations! But it also brings new responsibilities and challenges. And you want to to do it right. Recruit effectively. Onboard effectively. Retain great staff. All within the law.
Whether you're preparing to recruit your first employee, have recently started growing your team, are a first time manager or superviser, or simply want the reassurance that your employment practices are compliant and up to date, this course provides the practical guidance every business owner needs. You'll gain the confidence to recruit well, manage people effectively and meet your legal responsibilities while creating a positive workplace for your employees.
What You'll Learn & Do
This practical interactive workshop will give you the confidence and knowledge to recruit successfully, meet your legal obligations and manage employees effectively from day one.
You'll learn how to attract the right people, conduct professional interviews, understand the fundamentals of employment law and create simple HR processes that support business growth. Through practical exercises, real-world examples and discussion, you'll leave with the tools and confidence to build and manage a successful team.
What We'll Be Covering:
Recruiting the Right People: Learn how to define roles clearly, write effective job adverts, attract quality candidates and avoid expensive recruitment mistakes.
Interviewing Fairly & Effectively: Discover how to structure interviews, ask better questions, reduce unconscious bias and make confident hiring decisions.
Creating a Great Candidate Experience: Understand how every interaction shapes your reputation as an employer and helps attract stronger candidates.
Employment Law Essentials: Gain an understanding of contracts, employee rights, equality legislation and the key legal responsibilities every employer needs to know.
Onboarding New Employees: Learn how to welcome new starters, set clear expectations and help employees become productive more quickly.
Managing Performance & People Issues: Develop the confidence to have effective conversations, set expectations, provide feedback and deal with issues before they become bigger problem.
Plus lots of templates we'll be giving out to get you started.
Course Preparation/Prerequisites
To get the most from the workshop, think about any recruitment or people-management challenges you're currently facing.
If relevant, bring along a job description, recruitment advert or employee situation you'd like to discuss.
No previous HR or employment law experience is required.
Expected Skills / Previous Courses
Suitable for business owners with small teams.
No formal HR training required.
Ideal for first-time managers.
Duration : 1 Days
All Day 9am - 5pm
Dates
Latest Course Fully Booked
Location
The Welcombe Hotel
Stratford Upon Avon
CV37 0NR
A la carte or buffet lunch provided
Price: £250 (Incl VAT)
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Your Trainer:
Sarah Harris
For People Who Want To:
Recruit the right people with confidence
Conduct fair and effective interviews
Understand your legal responsibilities as an employer
Avoid common HR and employment law pitfalls
Create a positive employee experience from day one
Build strong foundations for growing your business through great people
What You’ll Take Away
A practical recruitment and interview framework
Greater confidence in managing employees
A clear understanding of essential employment law
Simple HR processes you can implement immediately
Practical tools to help you build and grow a successful team
Some useful templates you can customise and use in your business