
A Manager's Guide to Recruitment and Selection
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Introduction: successful recruitment and selection
What is to come
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1 Describing the job
Designing the job
Scientific management
Human relations school
Work design
Return of Taylorism
Alternatives to traditional job design
Jobs or roles
Expectations
The work
Relationships
Job descriptions
Employee specification
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2 Attracting the right person
Marketing the job
Recruitment methods
How to know you have succeeded
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3 Making decisions
Information flow
What information is needed to make decisions
The difficulties in making decisions
Providing additional information
Obtaining information
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4 Applications
How to short-list
Decision frames
Forms of application
Screening methods
Short-listing matrix
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5 Selection methods
Whether selection methods can predict success in post
Errors and biases
Selection methods
Factors influencing the choice of selection method
Decision making
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6 Impact on the candidates
Candidates' personal considerations
Unfair discrimination
The consequences of not considering the candidates
Improving the treatment of candidates
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7 After the offer
Making win/win decisions
Making an offer of employment
Negotiations after the offer
Treating unsuccessful candidates well
Giving feedback
Correcting mistakes
Words of caution
Conclusion
8 Induction and inclusion
Needs of new employees
Starting with recruitment
Induction methods
Inclusion
Celebrating the new employee's appointment
Probation and temporary contracts
Initial training
Development
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9 Evaluation
Evaluating the techniques
Evaluating the appointment
Outcome measures
Using the need to fill a post as a strategic opportunity
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