Behavior-Based Interviewing: How to Hire the Right Person the First Time

With Guest Speaker:  Diane Lustenader

Are you an HR professional, line supervisor or manager who participates in the interview process? Traditional interviewing not getting you the long-term high-performance employees your organization needs to survive and thrive? 

Master the techniques used successfully by interviewers internationally. This phenomenally effective behavioral approach to interviewing, developed by Dr. Paul Green, teaches hiring staff to probe job candidates for past experience that will effectively predict future job performance. This session will provide strategies for interviewing entry-level, experienced, professional and managerial employees that will help hiring managers and HR professionals base their selection decisions on more than a gut feeling. 

Participants will learn to:  Create and ask open-ended questions. Establish interview evaluation criteria. Solicit examples of past behavior to predict future behavior. Take useful interview notes.

Diane Lustenader, SPHR, GPHR, CCP, GRP is President of Lake Associates, Inc. a human resources consulting firm in Albany and Chicago founded in January 1994. She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources, Global Professional in Human Resources, Certified Compensation Professional and Global Remuneration Professional. Diane counsels employers in a variety of industries on affirmative action, employment law compliance and compensation matters. She serves as volunteer Treasurer for the New York State Society for Human Resources Management (NYSSHRM) and is a past president of the Capital Region Human Resources Association (CRHRA). Diane is a frequent speaker and author on employee topics and is an adjunct instructor at the College of Saint Rose and Columbia-Greene Community College.
This program has been approved for 2.0 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). Attendees will receive the certificate of attendance and program code number at the conclusion of the session. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Time: 8:45 am – 10:45 am    Continental Breakfast / Networking 8:15 a.m.
Location:  Business Resource Center, Room 114, One Development Court, Kingston, NY  12401

Cost: $10.00 per person for members.  $20.00 for non-members. Continental breakfast is included in cost.

Please complete the below and mail payments to: 
Sylvia Murphy, JMC Marketing Communications & PR, 10 Pearl St., Kingston, NY 12401 or fax (845) 331-1431

Please make checks payable to:  NY JSEC, Inc.

Any questions should be directed to:
Ron Stonitsch, NY State DOL, BRC, One Development Court, Room 601, Kingston, NY 12401, (845) 331-8920