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  Recruitment and Selection

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1 

What is the difference between recruitment and 

selection?

2 

What are the main stages of recruitment and 

selection?

3 

What is a person specification?

4 

How should recruitment strengths and 

weaknesses be analysed?

Questions

5 

What are the main sources of candidates?

6 

What is a structured interview?

7 

What are the main types of selection tests?

8 

What are the main criteria for a good test?

9 

How should tests be used in a selection 

procedure?

References

CIPD (2013) Survey of Resourcing and Talent 

Planning, London, CIPD

Cook, A (2012) Social media can transform the 

quality of recruitment, People Management, 

October, p 49

Forum for In-House Recruitment Managers –  

FIRM (2013) Recruitment Survey, London, 

FIRM

Pioro, I and Baum, N (2005) How to design better 

job application forms, People Management, 16 

June, pp 42–43

Pulakos, E D and Schmitt, N (1995) Experience-based 

and situational interviews: studies of validity, 

Personnel Psychology, 48 (2), pp 289–308

Robertson, I T and Smith, M (2001) Personnel 

selection, Journal of Occupational and 

Organizational Psychology, 74 (4), pp 441–72

Schmidt, F L and Hunter, J E (1998) The validity and 

utility of selection methods in personnel 

psychology: practical and theoretical implications 

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Bulletin, 124 (2), pp 262–74

Spearman, C (1927) The Abilities of Man, New York, 

Macmillan

Syedain, H (2012) People Management Guide to 

Recruitment Marketing, July, p 19

Syedain, H (2013) The new rules of recruitment, 

People Management, July, pp 19–25

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