Recruitment and Selection Practices in a Selected Organisation
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PRACTICES IN A SELECTED ORGANISATION
Papers published in the Journal of Management Practice electronic journal have been selected on the basis of their superior treatment of a particular subject of relevance to HRM. In most cases , the paper will have it origins in assignment work in units offered for study by the Department of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations. Worthiness for inclusion in the JMP is determined initially by the unit leader/examiner and subsequently endorsed by the JMP editors. In addition, the submission has passed an external process of review. This paper is a report submitted for unit 51373 Human Resource Acquisition and was selected for publication because it provides some useful insights into aspects of recruitment and selection practices in a particular civil engineering and construction firm on the Gold Coast.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The organisation selected is a civil engineering and construction firm. It is based on the Gold Coast and has been established for several years. The firm employs approximately seventy employees, both in the office and in the field. The purpose of this business report is to assess and evaluate the organisation’s recruitment and selection strategy and make constructive recommendations for the improvement of the organisation’s recruitment and selection process. Both interview questions and a questionnaire were used to research and gather information about the organisation’s strategy for recruitment and selection. In the first instance, the organisation was contacted and a meeting arranged with the HR manager. At this meeting, the HR manager provided me with background information regarding the organisation and completed the questionnaire that had been prepared. After the meeting, the information from the questionnaire was analysed and subsequently a set of interview questions was developed. One week later, upon return to the organisation, a structured interview was conducted
Papers published in the Journal of Management Practice electronic journal have been selected on the basis of their superior treatment of a particular subject of relevance to HRM. In most cases , the paper will have it origins in assignment work in units offered for study by the Department of Human Resource Management and Employment Relations. Worthiness for inclusion in the JMP is determined initially by the unit leader/examiner and subsequently endorsed by the JMP editors. In addition, the submission has passed an external process of review. This paper is a report submitted for unit 51373 Human Resource Acquisition and was selected for publication because it provides some useful insights into aspects of recruitment and selection practices in a particular civil engineering and construction firm on the Gold Coast.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The organisation selected is a civil engineering and construction firm. It is based on the Gold Coast and has been established for several years. The firm employs approximately seventy employees, both in the office and in the field. The purpose of this business report is to assess and evaluate the organisation’s recruitment and selection strategy and make constructive recommendations for the improvement of the organisation’s recruitment and selection process. Both interview questions and a questionnaire were used to research and gather information about the organisation’s strategy for recruitment and selection. In the first instance, the organisation was contacted and a meeting arranged with the HR manager. At this meeting, the HR manager provided me with background information regarding the organisation and completed the questionnaire that had been prepared. After the meeting, the information from the questionnaire was analysed and subsequently a set of interview questions was developed. One week later, upon return to the organisation, a structured interview was conducted