Recruitment and selected problems in the public sector-a case study of power holding company of Nigeria

📄 Project Abstract

This study empirically examined problems of recruitment and extent of the utilization of job description and job specification in the recruitment process in Public civil service. To achieve the objectives of the study, questionnaires were administered to civil servants in PHCN. Stratified random sampling method was used to draw a sample of 95 grouped into the four major categories of grade levels. Descriptive survey design was employed and descriptive statistics used for the analysis. The survey identified factors such increasing pressures for employment, utilization of informal sources of recruitment, long military era, federal character principle, lack of independence of the service commission and delegation of recruitment functions as the prevalent problems affecting recruitment in PHCN. As a result of these problems, job description and standard personnel requirements were not adequately used in the recruitment process, especially at the lowest category of grade level. Based on the...