EMPLOYEE_RECRUITMENT_AND_SELECTION_IN_THE_INSURANCE_SECTOR

European Journal of Management Sciences

Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2013

EMPLOYEE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION IN THE INSURANCE
SECTOR- THE CASE OF THE GREEK INSURANCE GROUP
Asthenopoulou Georgia
MBA, Hellenic Open University
GREECE
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Aspridis George
Assistant Professor, Department of Project
Management, TEI of Larissa
GREECE
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Sdrolias Labros
Associate Professor, Department of
Project Management, TEI of Larissa,
GREECE
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CITATION: Georgia, A., George, A. & Labros, S. (2013). Employee recruitment and selection in the insurance sector - the case of the Greek insurance group European
Journal of Management Sciences, 1 (1), 1-20.
ABSTRACT
The overall purpose of human resource management is to ensure that the organization is able to achieve success through people. And this is ensured by the two major practices and policies of HRM, recruitment and selection of job candidates.
The aim of this dissertation is to provide a framework with the basic concepts of recruitment and selection of the HR system, generally, and more specifically in the insurance sector. The first part provides thoroughly to the reader the definitions of recruitment and selection, their purposes, methods and key stages. Recruitment highlights each applicant’s skills, talents and experience. Their selection involves developing a list of candidates, defining a selection strategy, identifying, thoroughly evaluating and selecting the most qualified candidates. Due to the fact that the recruitment and selection function inside many organizations has experienced particularly rapid global exposure, the factors that influence recruitment and selection in international organizations are been mentioned, emphasizing on cultural factors, the characteristics of a successful international manager and expatriates.
Following, as it is very important the reader to have an overall viewpoint of the meaning of

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