Review of Recruiting applicants for the public service. A report submitted to the Civil Service Assembly by the Committee on Recruiting Applicants for the Public Service

Abstract

Reviews the book, Recruiting applicants for the public service. A report submitted to the Civil Service Assembly by the Committee on Recruiting Applicants for the Public Service by Donald J. Kingsley (1942). This volume sponsored by the Civil Service Assembly of the U. S. and Canada is another in the series dealing with the major phases of public personnel administration. The treatment of the subject matter can be subsumed under four categories or topics embracing six chapters: (1) historical antecedents of public service recruitment, (2) the nature of recruitment and recruitment procedures, (3) determining and forecasting personnel needs, and (4) application procedure and audit. The value of this report lies in its sound outline and treatment of the general problems of public service recruitment. Of specific merit is the stress placed upon the need for research and objective information regarding basic recruitment and selection problems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)