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Point 
Examples 
Physical make-up
Strength, appearance, health 
Attainments
Qualifications, career achievements 
General intelligence
Average, above average 
Special aptitudes
Manual dexterity, mental sharpness 
Interests
Mechanical, people-related 
Disposition
Calm, independent 
Circumstances
Location, car owner 
The following diagram shows recruitment activities in more detail. 
The Recruitment Process
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CHAPTER 12
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RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION 
 
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3.3 Recruitment policy
Detailed procedures for recruitment should only be devised and implemented in the context of a fair, 
consistent and coherent 
policy
, or code of conduct. 
A typical recruitment policy might deal with: 
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Internal advertisement of vacancies, where possible 

Efficient and courteous processing of applications 
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Fair and accurate provision of information to potential recruits 

Selection of candidates on the basis of suitability, without discrimination 
Detailed procedures
 
should be devised in order to make recruitment activity 
systematic
and 
consistent
throughout the organisation (especially where it is decentralised in the hands of line managers). Apart 
from the human resourcing requirements which need to be effectively and efficiently met, there is a 
marketing 
aspect to recruitment, as one 'interface' between the organisation and the outside world: 
applicants who feel they have been unfairly treated, or recruits who leave because they feel they have 
been misled, do not enhance the organisation's reputation in the labour market or the world at large. 
3.4 Recruit or promote?
A recruitment policy should cover such areas as the factors to be considered when deciding whether to