Effect of recruitment processes on employee job performance in Ebonyi State Civil Service: A study of selected ministries

Abstract

The relevance of recruitment processes on the job performance of employees in any organizations be it public or private sector cannot be overemphasized. Unfortunately, this all important aspect of organizational management are not often given much attention in many organizations especially in the public sector in Nigeria. It is in view of this fact that this paper becomes imperative to investigate the effect of recruitment processes on employee job performance in Ebonyi State Civil Service: A Study of selected ministries.. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. Data for the study were collected with questionnaire instrument. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage distribution tables while the hypotheses were tested using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient through SPSS. Findings of the study revealed; that recruitment need prediction has not affected optimum performance of staff of Ebonyi State Civil Service, that advertisement has no implication on the quality of service delivery of Ebonyi state civil service as most of the job vacancies are not aptly advertised, and that candidates screening has not affected Ebonyi State Civil Servants expertise in job duties to a very large extent. Based on the findings; it was recommended that Ebonyi state civil service should develop consistent quantitative and qualitative manpower needs assessment in its recruitment processes. This should be properly aligned with thorough job analysis and job description with clearly set objective to know the right calibre of candidates that would produce optimum job performance, that proper advertisements on recruitment into the Ebonyi State civil service should always be made to enable every applicant who is qualified to have equal opportunity to compete for positions based on merit and that Ebonyi State civil service should set up a panel of men and women of proven integrity that would screen applicants for positions across the various Ministries.