Selecting Personnel
SELECTING PERSONNEL Effective recruitment and selective procedures are crucial components of an organisation’s human resource processes. The various stages in the recruitment process include: · identifying the need to recruit · identifying the job requirements · deciding the sources of potential recruits · deciding the selection method · shortlisting candidates · selecting the successful candidate · notifying candidates of the outcome · appointing the successful candidate Before any post can be filled it is important for the organisation to have a clear idea of the requirements of the job. ... At worst, they’re prepared by personnel people who can’t write and don’t understand the jobs. ... METHODS USED IN SPECIFYING PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS Recruitment of Potential Employees Firstly, important decisions have to be made about whether or not to recruit, from which sources, using which method and at what cost. ... Thirdly, and this is possibly the most popular, a Personnel Department or, in some companies the one person who deals with recruitment, can identify the best method to be used to fit the vacancy and what resources are available to them. ... Selection of Candidates There are several methods of selecting potential recruits and the most popular by far is the interview; followed by other forms of psychological testing, e.