Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection - Softcover

Wood, Robert; Payne, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471974730 ISBN 13: 9780471974734

Publisher: Wiley, 1998

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

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

• 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

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471974730
• ISBN 13: 9780471974734
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 214