Recruitment and Selection
Assignment 11

Exercise 1

Investigate and report on who is usually involved when a new member of staff needs to be found for your section (or a section)?

• you?
• the head of department?
• the line manager of the section the new starter will join?
• a personnel/recruitment office?
• staff who will be working with the new starter?
• the training officer?
• specialists from other departments e.g. Computer Services Manager, Chief Accountant?
• employment agencies?
• external testing agencies (for pysycho-metric testing)?
• external customers/clients?
• internal customers?
• equal opportunities officer?
• others? (list these)

The parties will be vary according to the job and size/type of organisation, its recruitment policy and procedures, organisational vested interests and the role of personnel specialists

Exercise 2.

Identify and describe the activities you involved are in when new staff are being recruited? What authority do you have (or not have)? For each stage as listed below - record:

• your role, tasks, responsibilities, standards etc
• others involved
• their contribution etc

Stage	Your role and tasks	Who else & their contribution?
Job definition & profiling ideal applicant
generate applicant information pack
Design/place advertising
Administer paperwork, record responses
Analyse responses shortlist candidates
Participate in interviewing
Administer tests & Which tests? your qualifications as a tester?
In making final selection decision
Communicating the offer/rejection & job documents
Other

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