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