Principles of Recruitment

1. Prepared by,
Mrs. Rijo Lijo

2.  Recruitment should be done from a central place. Eg:
Administrative officer/Nursing Service Administration.
 1) Termination and creation of any post should be done by
responsible officers, eg: regarding nursing staff the Nursing
superintendent along with her officers has to take the
decision and not the medical Superintendent.
 2) Only the vacant positions should be filled and neither
less nor more should be employed.

3.  3) Job description/ work analysis should be made
before recruitment.
 4) Procedure for recruitment should be developed by
an experienced person.
 5) Recruitment of workers should be done from
internal and external sources.
 6) Recruitment should be done on the basis of
definite qualifications and set standards.

4.  7) A recruitment policy should be followed.
 8) Chances of promotion should be clearly stated.
 9) Policy should be clear and changeable according to
the need.