ASSESSMENT OF RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PRACTICES: THE CASE OF AWASH BANK

Abstract

Recruitment, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that have the greatest impact on the performance of an organization. While it is understood generally that poor recruitment practices can low organizational performance and stifle goal achievement, many organizations are yet to take programmatic steps to evaluate their recruitments methods with the view to identify and implement new, effective hiring strategies .The study overall objective to examine the current recruitment and selection practices in the course of selecting the best human power demanded and provide possible ways in order to improve the problems in current recruitment and selection process of Awash Bank. To this end, descriptive research method was used. Questioners, interview and review of documents were designed based on the objectives. To analysis the research was used stratified random sampling to distribute 99 questionnaires to employees of AB where all were filled and returned. Interview was also with human resource directorate head of the AB. This completed questionnaire were processed and analyzed by using table, graph, pie chart and textual write ups. The findings of the study illustrated the recruitment and selection practice HRM. AB has clear policy which is practiced by Human Resources manual but the staff members are not aware of it. Moreover, the recruitment and selection process are not effective at recruitment stage and all selection process were not pursued. Provide recommendation for improving recruitment and practice at the AB and from this finding. Hence, the Awash Bank should periodically review its policies and procedures, strategy in order to attract new employees and commit the existing once.