| Abstract: | This study was conducted to assess the recruitment and selection practice among selected
Grade one Private Security Companies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To this end, descriptive
cross-sectional study design employed at 16 Grade one Private Security Companies in
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Survey data were gathered using self-administered questionnaires
from 93 staffs, and interview was conducted with 12 key informants of Grade one Private
Security Companies. Survey data were processed through SPSS version 24 and analyzed
using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation).
According to the finding of this study, grade one private security companies were not
practice both recruitment and selection. The study also revealed that the major challenges
during recruitment and selection practice were absence of salary and wage policy,
incomplete and false academic documents, shortage of competent job applicant,
unavailability of clear and standardized recruitment and selection criteria, nepotism,
underestimate of security job by job seekers, and lack of government attention for private
security service. The study conclude that recruitment and selection practice of Grade One
Private Security Companies in Addis Ababa were ineffective. Lack of attention of
government for private security service and the low value of security job by job seekers play
a significant role to weakening the sector. To improve private security service: managers of
private security companies should establish a team of experts that will monitor the overall
recruitment and selection process based on the plan and policy of recruitment and
selection; managers of private security companies should prepare well-structured
recruitment and selection policy in which job descriptions and specifications should be
incorporated; the government licensed private security companies should develop national
standards of licensing and inspection; managers of private security company should identify
and evaluate the gaps that influence recruitment and selection process of private security
business. |
