People and Self Management

4Recruiting and selecting yourteam

Learning objectives

On completion of this chapter you will be able to:

•  appreciate the importance of human resource planning

•  outline the stages of the recruitment and selection process

•  conduct a simple job analysis

•  devise a job description

•  construct a personnel specification

•  list appropriate sources of recruitment

•  explain the key features that a job advertisement should have

•  participate in a selection interview

•  appreciate the importance of induction.

Introduction

The human resources – the people – who work in an organization are the most important resource that the organization has. Every organization should have a human resource plan which supports the business objectives. The ...