The Recruitment for Small Business micro-credential focuses on providing small businesses with knowledge and practical steps that will enable effective workforce planning and legal and effective recruitment.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding the importance of workforce planning and how to resource it.
• Understanding role types and rights and obligations for employment contracts including probationary periods.
• Using the recruitment cycle including best practice recruitment, selection and induction.
• Accessing a range of supports for workforce planning and development.

Topics Covered:

• Workforce planning and development:
  • Determining resource needs
  • Role types (permanent, full-time, part time, casual)
  • Employment contracts (Fair Work)
  • Probation periods (Fair Work)
  • Advice for workforce planning.
• The recruitment cycle:
  • Best practice in human resource management.
• Recruitment and selection methods:
  • Internal and external recruiting
  • Finding suitable employees
  • How to advertise for positions
  • Unpacking job requirements.

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