Human resources: recruitment and selection

Does the recruitment and selection process fill you with dread? Discrimination and equal opportunities legislation can make this area feel like a minefield. If you are faced with appointing a new employee then this free course, Human resources: recruitment and selection, will provide a straightforward guide to the process: from writing job descriptions to finally assessing who to appoint.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Overview
• 1 Overview
• 2 Effective recruitment and selection
• 2 Effective recruitment and selection
• 3 Person–job fit or person–organisation fit?
• 3 Person–job fit or person–organisation fit?
• 3.1 A two-way process
• 3.2 Person–job fit
• 3.3 Person–organisation fit
• 4 Specifying job and person requirements
• 4 Specifying job and person requirements
• 4.1 Initial assessment
• 4.2 Job analysis
• 4.3 Organisational analysis
• 4.4 Job description
• 4.5 Person specification
• 4.6 Recruiting and selecting internal candidates
• 4.7 Attracting applicants
• 4.8 Advertising
• 4.9 Further particulars, application forms and dealing with paperwork
• 4.10 Shortlisting
• 4.11 References
• 4.12 Candidates make decisions too
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements