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Personnel management and selection steps

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Personnel management is the management function dealing with human resources—planning, recruitment, selection, training, compensation—to meet organizational and employee needs. Selection steps: manpower planning, recruitment, application screening, tests, interview, reference checks, medical exam, final approval, appointment, and placement.

Define personnel management. Write down the steps of personnel selection in any organization.

Personnel management

Personnel management is the function of management concerned with obtaining, developing, utilising, maintaining and compensating the human resources of an organisation, so that the organisation's goals and the employees' needs are both met. It includes manpower planning, recruitment, selection, training, wages, motivation, discipline and welfare.

Steps in the selection of personnel

  1. Manpower planning and job analysis: decide the number and kind of staff, and prepare the job description and job specification.
  2. Recruitment: attract candidates through advertisement, public notice, employment office or reference.
  3. Application form and screening: check the applications for qualification and experience; remove the unsuitable.
  4. Selection tests: written, aptitude, skill or trade tests (for example a drawing test for a draftsman, a trade test for a mason).
  5. Interview: the candidate is examined on knowledge, attitude, communication and personality by an interview panel.
  6. Reference and background check: verification of certificates, past employers and character.
  7. Medical examination: fitness for the job, especially for heavy site work.
  8. Final selection and approval by the competent authority (Public Service Commission in government posts).
  9. Appointment letter and joining: offer of terms and conditions and contract.
  10. Placement and induction (orientation): introduction to the organisation, safety rules and the job, followed by probation and training.

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