... for skilled labour. Training cultures are very different in their respective home countries, making this an interesting and beneficial issue to investigate. This study therefore explores how foreign companies with different training cultures manage recruitment and training when they set up in Germany with its...

... services in communities large and small. However, firefighting is a male-dominated profession. With less than 10% of the US firefighting workforce being women, firefighting is ranked lowest among public safety occupations. More must be done to recruit and retain women in the fire service. To identify what...

.... Findings The exploratory factor analysis obtained a Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) of 0.81. This suggested the existence of three factors: recruitment, training and evaluation. The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the existence of the three factors, obtaining adequate fit indices. The dimensions that make...

...Jan Posthumus; Gil Bozer; Joseph C. Santora Purpose Professionals of human resources (HR) use different criteria in practice than they verbalize. Thus, the aim of this research was to identify the implicit criteria used for the selection of high-potential employees in recruitment and development...

...Bromley H. Kniveton Purpose The aim of this paper is to investigate whether those involved with recruitment/selection (RS) react differently towards male and female trainee managers. Design/methodology/approach Measures of the perceptions towards trainee managers were collected from 440...

...Cem Tanova; Halil Nadiri Purpose To provide information on differences between recruitment methods and training practices used in SMEs and large organizations in Turkey, as a representative of a developing country. Design/methodology/approach A survey as designed by the Cranfield Network...

... Graduates Recruitment Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Higher education Career planning Research undertaken by the authors in 1998 and 1999 examined the notion of graduate careers from the perspective of three stakeholders, namely students, higher education institutions (HEIs) and small...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Recruitment Advertising As one member of staff put it: "It is all down to the application form and interviews – just that 45 minutes … You may have the best team in the world, passing all targets and expectations, providing excellent service...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Information technology Specialists Recruitment Open door for IT workers Keywords: Information technology, Specialists, Recruitment The German Cabinet has approved the so-called "green card" measure for foreign IT specialists which would...

...)1476 541060. The study is based on the analysis of secondary data and a postal survey of pharmaceutical establishments, receiving responses from about one of five of all pharmaceutical establishments in Britain. The survey covered recruitment and training issues as well as establishing the current...

... in knowledge and examines the recruitment and training practices of small tourism and hospitality firms. The issues examined include sources of recruitment, the extent to which small tourism and hospitality firms had training plans and training budgets, participation, and evaluation of training...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Recruitment Testing CD-ROM Keywords: Recruitment, Testing, CD-ROM An evolutionary way of selecting call centre staff has been announced by the Call Centre College (CCC), the sector’s leading accredited training organization...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Sweden Recruitment Age discrimination Attitudes among Swedish employers towards different groups of job applicants Keywords: Sweden, Recruitment, Age discrimination A report published recently by the Swedish Employment Service studied...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Employment Europe Information Recruitment European Employment Services (EURES) Keywords Employment, Europe, Information, Recruitment A Eurocounsellor is a specialist who helps people find work in another European country by giving them...

... Apprenticeships Recruitment Training United Kingdom Vocational training Skills WHO TRAINS WHOM AND HOW? 3 O pportunities and training facilities in Lancashire; the pattern may have wider UK implications. Who Trains Whom and How? Table I. Employment by Industry Sector Sector Employment Percentage of Total...