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Recruitment
Edited by Elizabeth Sidney
Gower
Contents
List of illustrations xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xix
Notes on Contributors xxi
Introduction: recruitment and selection in Britain in the late 1980s 1
Elizabeth Sidney
Sharing work fairly - Controlling bias in selection - Changing
attitudes to employment - Future trends in recruitment and
selection - References
Parti: THE CONTEXT OF RECRUITMENT
Overview
1 Conditions of work 34
John Atkinson
New pressures: new forms of work - Flexibility and conditions
Contents
of work - The flexible firm - Business objectives and working
conditions: the tasks of management - Conclusion - Further
reading
2 Employment and education 49
Bill Kirkman
The working population - The use of graduates - Responding to
change - Basic skills - Implications for the education system -
Implications for employers - Women in employment - What of
the future? - Further reading
3 Selection within the law 64
Michael Pearn and Nancy Seear
The meaning of discrimination - The selection process -
Avoiding unlawful discrimination in selection - Assessing
candidates - The problem of validation - Selection for
redundancy - Codes of practice for the effective application of
the law - References - Further reading
4 Manpower planning and development 82
John Fyfe and Peter Hornby
A manpower stocktake - Looking ahead - Planning
adjustments to meet requirements - Implementation -
Monitoring - Conclusion - Further reading
5 Manpower planning: a practitioner s view 94
Peter Cox
The retail industry - Sainsbury s - The Sainsbury s manpower
planning system - A plan for the future
Part II: THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Overview
6 Job description, job analysis and person specification 108
Lew Swift
Preparing a job description - Writing the description - Skills and
knowledge analysis - Preparing the person specification -
Further reading
vi
Contents
7 Attracting applicants 118
Judith Mills
Deciding the type of person you wish to recruit - Sources of
attraction - Generating interest - Specific sources of recruitment
- Advertisements - A recruitment campaign - Useful addresses -
Further reading
8 Pre-election and the application form 131
Peter Herriot
What is pre-selection for? - How do organizations currently pre-
select? - How might pre-selection be done? - Summary -
References
The selection interview 138
Vivian Bingham
Before the interview - The conditions and environment of the
interview - Shape of the interview - The skills of interviewing -
Listening - Recording findings - Assessment of the evidence -
Other forms of interview - Developing interviewing skills - The
trained candidate - Conclusion - Interviewer s checklist -
Further reading
10 Psychological tests 157
Steve Blinkhorn
What is a psychological test? - Types of test - Test formats -
What can be tested - What to look for in a test - What to beware
of in a test - When to use, and when not to use, tests - Supply of
tests, training in test use, sources of information - Checklist for
employers - Established test suppliers - Further reading
11 Activity tests 172
David Rodger
Group selection methods - The in-tray (or in-basket) exercise -
Presentation exercises - Management games - Interview
simulations - Listening exercises - Fact-finding exercises -
Conclusion - Checklist - References - Further reading
vii
Contents
12 Assessment centres 188
Donald McLeod
Background - The Civil Service Selection Board - Design and
management - Validation - More general considerations -
Checklist - References - Further reading
13 The medical examination 207
Margaret Lloyd
Statutory medical examinations - The pre-placement
examination - The periodic routine medical examination - Post
sickness absence health assessment - Employment and
examination of special groups - Some general considerations -
Conclusion - Useful addresses - Further reading
14 Other ways of evaluating the candidate 220
Stephen Mawditt
Executive search - The social occasion - Using referees -
Temporary and short-term appointments - Conclusion - Useful
addresses - Reference
Part III: MAKING THE APPOINTMENT
Overview
15 Assessing the candidate 238
James Phillips
Assessing the candidate - Recording the evidence - Rating the
candidate - Checklist for assessing the candidate - Further
reading
16 Documenting the employment relationship 248
Richard Dobson
Legislative requirements - The confusion that exists - Contracts
of employment - Employment practices - Documents of
employment: a checklist - Contents of a model employment
statement - References - Further reading
viii
Contents
17 Evaluating selection procedures 258
Charles Johnson
Reliability - Validity - Establishing data bases - Utility analysis
- Monitoring selection and pre-selection methods - Checklist
for employers - References
18 Integrating the new employee 271
Judy Hargadon
An induction and training scheme in the NHS - Monitoring the
mentors - Conclusion - Checklist - Further reading
Part IV: RECRUITING SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Overview
19 Recruiting information systems people 288
Sheena MacDonald
Factors affecting success - Methods of recruitment - Issues for
the future - Checklist - References
20 Selecting sales personnel 301
Steve Poppleton
The interview - Biographical data - Situational exercises -
Psychological tests - PASAT - PASAT factors - Other aspects
of PASAT - Useful addresses - References
21 Using an agency to find a secretary 316
Karen McFarlane
Selecting an agency - Placing the vacancy - Recruitment of a
PA/senior secretary - Agency selection procedures - Past and
future trends
22 Finding the best graduates 325
Tony Collin
Competition is growing - Liaison with the institutions of higher
education - Useful addresses
IX
Contents
23 Direct entry 336
Graham Perkins
Reasons for mid-career recruitment - The first problem:
attraction - The second problem: induction - Adapting to a new
environment - Adapting to an overseas environment -
Integrating with existing staff - Maintaining enthusiasm -
Summing up - Relocation services - Reference - Further
reading
APPENDICES: CODES OF PRACTICE
1 Institute of Personnel Management Recruitment Code 349
2 Equal Opportunities Commission Code of Practice 356
3 Commission for Racial Equality Race Relations Code of
Practice 363
4 Manpower Services Commission Code of Good Practice on the
Employment of Disabled People 373
5 Association of Graduate Recruiters Code of Practice for the
Recruitment of Graduates 379
Useful addresses 383
Index 385
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Managing
Recruitment
Edited by Elizabeth Sidney
Gower
Contents
List of illustrations xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xix
Notes on Contributors xxi
Introduction: recruitment and selection in Britain in the late 1980s 1
Elizabeth Sidney
Sharing work 'fairly' - Controlling bias in selection - Changing
attitudes to employment - Future trends in recruitment and
selection - References
Parti: THE CONTEXT OF RECRUITMENT
Overview
1 Conditions of work 34
John Atkinson
New pressures: new forms of work - Flexibility and conditions
Contents
of work - The flexible firm - Business objectives and working
conditions: the tasks of management - Conclusion - Further
reading
2 Employment and education 49
Bill Kirkman
The working population - The use of graduates - Responding to
change - Basic skills - Implications for the education system -
Implications for employers - Women in employment - What of
the future? - Further reading
3 Selection within the law 64
Michael Pearn and Nancy Seear
The meaning of discrimination - The selection process -
Avoiding unlawful discrimination in selection - Assessing
candidates - The problem of validation - Selection for
redundancy - Codes of practice for the effective application of
the law - References - Further reading
4 Manpower planning and development 82
John Fyfe and Peter Hornby
A manpower stocktake - Looking ahead - Planning
adjustments to meet requirements - Implementation -
Monitoring - Conclusion - Further reading
5 Manpower planning: a practitioner's view 94
Peter Cox
The retail industry - Sainsbury's - The Sainsbury's manpower
planning system - A plan for the future
Part II: THE TOOLS OF THE TRADE
Overview
6 Job description, job analysis and person specification 108
Lew Swift
Preparing a job description - Writing the description - Skills and
knowledge analysis - Preparing the person specification -
Further reading
vi
Contents
7 Attracting applicants 118
Judith Mills
Deciding the type of person you wish to recruit - Sources of
attraction - Generating interest - Specific sources of recruitment
- Advertisements - A recruitment campaign - Useful addresses -
Further reading
8 Pre-election and the application form 131
Peter Herriot
What is pre-selection for? - How do organizations currently pre-
select? - How might pre-selection be done? - Summary -
References
The selection interview 138
Vivian Bingham
Before the interview - The conditions and environment of the
interview - Shape of the interview - The skills of interviewing -
Listening - Recording findings - Assessment of the evidence -
Other forms of interview - Developing interviewing skills - The
'trained' candidate - Conclusion - Interviewer's checklist -
Further reading
10 Psychological tests 157
Steve Blinkhorn
What is a psychological test? - Types of test - Test formats -
What can be tested - What to look for in a test - What to beware
of in a test - When to use, and when not to use, tests - Supply of
tests, training in test use, sources of information - Checklist for
employers - Established test suppliers - Further reading
11 Activity tests 172
David Rodger
Group selection methods - The in-tray (or in-basket) exercise -
Presentation exercises - Management games - Interview
simulations - Listening exercises - Fact-finding exercises -
Conclusion - Checklist - References - Further reading
vii
Contents
12 Assessment centres 188
Donald McLeod
Background - The Civil Service Selection Board - Design and
management - Validation - More general considerations -
Checklist - References - Further reading
13 The medical examination 207
Margaret Lloyd
Statutory medical examinations - The pre-placement
examination - The periodic routine medical examination - Post
sickness absence health assessment - Employment and
examination of special groups - Some general considerations -
Conclusion - Useful addresses - Further reading
14 Other ways of evaluating the candidate 220
Stephen Mawditt
Executive search - The social occasion - Using referees -
Temporary and short-term appointments - Conclusion - Useful
addresses - Reference
Part III: MAKING THE APPOINTMENT
Overview
15 Assessing the candidate 238
James Phillips
Assessing the candidate - Recording the evidence - Rating the
candidate - Checklist for assessing the candidate - Further
reading
16 Documenting the employment relationship 248
Richard Dobson
Legislative requirements - The confusion that exists - Contracts
of employment - Employment practices - Documents of
employment: a checklist - Contents of a model employment
statement - References - Further reading
viii
Contents
17 Evaluating selection procedures 258
Charles Johnson
Reliability - Validity - Establishing data bases - Utility analysis
- Monitoring selection and pre-selection methods - Checklist
for employers - References
18 Integrating the new employee 271
Judy Hargadon
An induction and training scheme in the NHS - Monitoring the
mentors - Conclusion - Checklist - Further reading
Part IV: RECRUITING SPECIAL CATEGORIES
Overview
19 Recruiting information systems people 288
Sheena MacDonald
Factors affecting success - Methods of recruitment - Issues for
the future - Checklist - References
20 Selecting sales personnel 301
Steve Poppleton
The interview - Biographical data - Situational exercises -
Psychological tests - PASAT - PASAT factors - Other aspects
of PASAT - Useful addresses - References
21 Using an agency to find a secretary 316
Karen McFarlane
Selecting an agency - Placing the vacancy - Recruitment of a
PA/senior secretary - Agency selection procedures - Past and
future trends
22 Finding the'best'graduates 325
Tony Collin
Competition is growing - Liaison with the institutions of higher
education - Useful addresses
IX
Contents
23 Direct entry 336
Graham Perkins
Reasons for mid-career recruitment - The first problem:
attraction - The second problem: induction - Adapting to a new
environment - Adapting to an overseas environment -
Integrating with existing staff - Maintaining enthusiasm -
Summing up - Relocation services - Reference - Further
reading
APPENDICES: CODES OF PRACTICE
1 Institute of Personnel Management Recruitment Code 349
2 Equal Opportunities Commission Code of Practice 356
3 Commission for Racial Equality Race Relations Code of
Practice 363
4 Manpower Services Commission Code of Good Practice on the
Employment of Disabled People 373
5 Association of Graduate Recruiters Code of Practice for the
Recruitment of Graduates 379
Useful addresses 383
Index 385 |
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