Recruitment And Selection Policies & Procedures
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The majority of workplace claims and low staff morale can be sourced back to poor recruitment and selection practices and a failure to implement appropriate induction and performance management procedures.
The recruitment process provides a great opportunity for a business to "get it right" by re-evaluating the roles and responsibilities of existing staff and ensuring that the skills of any new staff that are hired meet the requirements and culture of your organisation. It also involves a myriad of legal issues that must be considered.
From the outset, businesses need to make informed decisions as to the preferred basis of securing a worker's services (full time, part time, casual, fixed contract or independent contractor). When advertising, interviewing and accessing applications businesses need to treat all candidates fairly and equally in accordance with relevant equal opportunity and anti-discrimination legislation. Depending on a business' turnover it may be required to handle any "personal information" received from applicants in accordance with obligations set out in relevant privacy legislation.
Recognising that a need of many businesses is to adopt a relatively simple set of policies and procedures in this area, Premium has developed a Recruitment & Selection Manual, which using Premium's innovative interviewing techniques, can be quickly tailored for the needs of most businesses. This manual contains basic guides to conducting position analysis, creating job descriptions, communicating with applicants, managing personal information, conducting interviews and background checks.
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