Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection

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 Times"Overall, 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 The Context for Recruitment and Selection.
Competencies: Nothing New Under the Sun.
Designing the Selection Process as a Whole.
Attracting the Right Applicants (but not too many).
Application from Design and Sifting.
Competency-Based Interviewing I: Principles.
Competency-Based Interviewing II: Practice.
Psychometrics and Competency-Based Selection.
Assessment Centres.
Decision Making and Evaluation.
Index. Aus dem Inhalt:
Key Criteria for All Decisions;
Preparation Work;
Advertising;
Application Form Design and Sifting;
Competency-Based Interviews;
Psychometric Testing;
The Assessment Centre;
Making the Decision;
Evaluation Process.

Robert Wood is the author of Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection, published by Wiley.

Tim Payne is the author of Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection, published by Wiley. Much has been written on the various methods of recruiting and selecting staff, including how competencies, increasingly the building blocks of the recruitment and selection process, fit in. What, however, the personnel professional faced with recruiting wants to know is how to apply these mysterious methods. This book aims to do just that. Specifically, it provides a step-by-step guide for the recruitment, selection and assessment of candidates and includes:

• the best practice aspects of recruitment and selection
• the practical considerations important when implementing a process
• leading edge, unreported methods developed in the field.

HR managers will find this enlightening and instructive book enormously useful in their day-to-day functions. "For what is principally billed as a guide, the authors have provided a comprehensive and up to date collection of recruitment and selection practices with some valuable critiques of some of the more mysterious processes in use." Richard Donkin, Financial Times "Overall, it was refreshing to read a book that comes down firmly on their (competencies) side?it forces you to take a fresh look at your current practices and to question how they are used." Sue Simons, People Management