RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND PLACEMENT IN PUBLIC SECTOR ESTABLISHMENTS IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, IDAH

📄 Project Abstract

The research was necessitated by the need to examine the challenges of staff recruitment, selection and placement in Public sector establishments in Nigeria. Based on this, the researcher went into investigation with a view to discovering the effects of political and sociological factors on recruitment; their effects on effective service delivery; and to determine the remedial measures to ensure effective and efficient service delivery in the Institutions of higher learning. Three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study from which eleven questions were drawn up and they formed the questionnaire administered to solicit information from respondents. The Data collected were analysed and from the analyses, it was revealed that political and interpersonal connections, Godfatherism and nepotism are the major criteria for recruitment and placement in Federal Polytechnic, Idah. We noted too that the institution does not advertise vacancies neither does it engage in Manpower planning. It ...