PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT is concerned with the effective use of the skills of people. They may be salespeople in a store, clerks in an office,operators in a factory, or technicians in a research laboratory. It starts with the recruiting and hiring of qualified people and continues with directing and encouraging their growth as they encounter problems and tensions that arise in working toward established goals.

PERSONNEL SELECTION PROCESS
Personnel selection is the process used to hire individuals. It is the methodical placement of individuals into jobs. The process of selection follows a methodology to collect information about an individual in order to determine if that individual should be employed. The methodology used should not violate any laws regarding job positions are.

Minimum criteria used to define job positions are:

• Minimum education
• Experience
• Licensure examination
• Posting or advertising job vacancies
• Reception of applications or applicants either in person or in writing
• Preliminary interview
• Performance tests
• Intelligence tests
• Aptitude tests
• Interest tests
• Test of emotional reaction/and adjustments