Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection Contributor(s): Wood, Robert (Author), Payne, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 0471974730 ISBN-13: 9780471974734 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Human Resources & Personnel Management - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
Dewey: 658.311 |
LCCN: 97031044 |
Series: Wiley Strategic Hrm |
Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.97" W x 8.92" (0.81 lbs) 214 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Much has been written on the various methods of recruiting andselecting staff, including how competencies, increasingly thebuilding blocks of the recruitment and selection process, fit in.What, however, the personnel professional faced with recruitingwants to know is how to apply these mysterious methods. This bookaims to do just that. Specifically, it provides a step-by-stepguide for the recruitment, selection and assessment of candidatesand includes: * the best practice aspects of recruitment and selection * the practical considerations important when implementing aprocess * leading edge, unreported methods developed in the field. HR managers will find this enlightening and instructive bookenormously useful in their day-to-day functions. For what isprincipally billed as a guide, the authors have provided acomprehensive and up to date collection of recruitment andselection practices with some valuable critiques of some of themore mysterious processes in use. Richard Donkin, Financial TimesOverall, it was refreshing to read a book that comes down firmlyon their (competencies) side it forces you to take a fresh look atyour current practices and to question how they are used. SueSimons, People Management |