Merit Based Recruitment and Selection: An Effective Tool Kit of HRM-A Case Study of University Sindh, Jamshoro

Abstract

The Objective of this study was mainly to analyze the effectiveness of the fair recruitment and selection procedures in the public sector universities of Pakistan. In order to achieve the objective, the current hiring practices were studies from 50 respondents of university of Sindh Jamshoro, through non – probability sampling method. The careful attention was given in data collection and was collected through personally administered questionnaire from heads of the teaching departments who are actually operating academic departments and are a vital part of recruitment and selection. Data was analyzed through SPSS by applying Pearson correlation and regression analysis and some needed descriptive statistics. Study found that Job description and job specification have the greater influence on the effectiveness of fair recruitment and selection procedures. Secondly, fairness of recruitment and selection procedures proved interconnected and interrelated. Finally, based on the discussion in detail, the authors have jotted down brief followed by future directions, which authors believe will not only help the researchers to conduct future research but also practitioners in the relevant recruitment and selection section can take the benefits from this research.