Business & Tech

Tri-Town Chamber Presents Recognizing Deception & Getting to the Truth

Seminar to help develop truth-seeking skills.

If you interview job applicants for your company, do you ever feel  there’s information you’re missing? If you do, then you’ll want to attend, “Recognizing Deception & Getting to the Truth,” the Business Effectiveness Forum on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at the Renaissance Hotel & Spa, at Patriot Place, 28 Patriot Place, Foxborough.

The two-hour breakfast workshop will present practical, usable information about how to recognize deception and extract truthful information before doing a background check on a job candidate. Aimed at professionals who wish to optimize the limited time spent with interviewees, the program will present vetted techniques and proven practices used by criminal justice experts to conduct effective interviews. The workshop is organized by the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Foley & Foley, PC. Cost is $35 including a full breakfast.

The speaker will be John “Jack” Nichols, Director and General Counsel for Creative Services, Inc. (CSI) a national background screening and security consulting firm headquartered in Mansfield, MA. An authority on interviewing and interrogation techniques and former certified instructor at the Maine Criminal Justice Academy, Nichols spent more than 20 years of his career in criminal justice and the law. A perceptive and tenacious investigator, his areas of professional expertise include white collar crime, embezzlement, banks and computer fraud, organized crime and bunko schemes, child abuse, civil rights violations, medical misconduct, healthcare delivery system antitrust violations, and more. He holds degrees in criminal justice and political science and is a graduate of Southern Maine Technical College, the University of Southern Maine, and the Northeastern University School of Law.

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The Behavioral Interviewing Techniques Workshop will cover many topics in employment interviewing, such as:

  • What an applicant is saying through body language and non-verbal signals
  • What questions to ask to determine an applicant’s ability to demonstrate competencies to do a particular job
  • How to identify deceptive or untruthful responses during an interview
  • How to get the most out of the information provided in an employment application
  • When and how to press deeper into an applicant’s response to your questions

The workshop has been approved for 1.5 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

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Tickets for this program are just $35, including a full breakfast. Reserve your seats in advance by phoning the Tri-Town Chamber at 508.339.5655.

For more information, please phone the Chamber office or email Executive Director Kara J. Griffin at edirector@tri-townchamber.org.

ABOUT THE TRI-TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce is a private, non-profit corporation whose mission is to bring business people together to improve the economic well-being of their organizations and thereby improve the quality of life in our communities. Located at the crossroads of Routes 95 and 495, the Tri-Town Chamber is dedicated to serving the businesses and residents of Foxborough, Mansfield, and Norton.


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