ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the reader to recruitment and selection. The first section focuses on recruitment. We look at the definition of recruitment and describe recruitment planning and the development of a recruitment strategy. In developing a recruitment strategy it is necessary to determine who will do the recruiting, what kind of recruiting will be used, where it will be done, and what sources and methods of recruitment will be used. The chapter then proceeds to the actual recruitment process, preliminary screening and evaluation of the recruitment efforts. The second section focuses on the selection of staff. We define selection and describe the factors that should be considered before making selection decisions. Then we look at the selection procedure (including the preliminary screening interview, completion of the applicant blank, psychometric tests, the selection interview, reference checks and physical examinations) and requirements for selection predictors. We describe the factors that should be considered when rejecting applications and auditing the selection process.
