Highlights Of The COG-B™ Class
- Tactful humor is used to relax participants.
- Participants learn to use the Job Mapper™ to identify critical competencies and job skills for target jobs.
- High-structure Interviews are developed in class and emailed to participants for in-class practice.
- Sources of Cognitive Bias are explored, including schemas and stereotypes.
- Past-behavior questions are used to gain behavioral samples.
- Robust competencies and rating anchors are used to rate stimulus interviews.
Class Options
There are a variety of ways that the training may be conducted.
The Core Class
This class is broken into morning and afternoon segments and covers all the key learning points of the program. It begins with an overview of the system and continues with use of the job mapper in a work analysis for interview generation. Next, participants learn how to gain a Behavioral Sample, and then learn the intricacies of administration and candidate evaluation with stimulus videos. For optimum results, the class is limited to 18 participants.
Certification Training
The core class may be followed by a five-hour certification training session for internal trainers. This class is supported by a 41-page training manual that includes scripts for delivery, and PowerPoint slides.
Executive Preview
Decision makers are invited to participate in a confidential three-hour program preview with all training manuals and stimulus videos available for inspection. On conclusion of the preview, decision makers will be able to assess the match of the program to organization needs.
Development of a Structured Interview Bank
A bank of Structured Interviews is developed for Departments or an Organization. This is of value when a forward-looking work analysis is needed for jobs to be developed in the future.
Small Group Tutorial
Experienced interviewers and researchers participate in a tailored presentation based on their level of experience and knowledge. Likely areas of discussion are on interview administration, answer rating, staying legal, and overall candidate evaluation.
Large Audience Presentations
Up to three hours are used to provide an overview of the program for 30+ participants at organization events or conventions. The content is adapted from the basic components of the core class. Time is available for Q & A and practice of interviewing skills.
All training includes topics such as work analysis, interview discipline, gaining behavioral samples, responding to sample videos, rating candidate responses, and supervised practice.
Class Participants
- The training is designed for individuals with a need to learn new interviewing techniques or to refresh existing skills.
- Participants may include any level of management / supervision, individual contributors, support staff, technical workers, or selected vendors.
- It is appropriate to include both early-career individuals with participants who have substantial career experience.
- If the class is presented in an audience format, a variety of participants may be included.
- Each class participant must have a participant manual or booklet for use during the class or audience presentation.