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Author Chandor, Anthony

Title Choosing and Keeping Computer Staff : Recruitment, Selection and Development of Computer Personnel
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (207 pages)
Series Routledge Library Editions: Human Resource Management
Routledge Library Editions: Human Resource Management
Contents Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page ; Copyright Page; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Dedication Page ; Foreword; Contents; Illustrations; Part I-Organisational Structures; 1 Control; The Cuckoo in the Nest; Dual Responsibility; Sole Responsibility; Group Responsibility; 2 Relationships with Corporate Functions; Data base design; Communications; Relationships with Personnel Department; 3 Organisational Structures for Data Processing Departments; Avoidance of Rigid Structures; The Everest Syndrome; The Establishment Syndrome; Possible Structures; Project Teams
Programmer/AnalystsSystems Programmers; 4 Staff Characteristics; Desirable Characteristics; Data Processing Manager; Systems Analyst; Programmer; Operator; Staff Attitudes; Part II-Recruitment and Selection; 5 The Need for Recruitment; Factors Leading Up to the Need to Recruit; Establishment of a New Installation; Extended Installation; Increase in Work-load; Replacement; To Get a Good Man; 6 Defining the Position and the Man; Job specification; Job Title; Organisational Position; Function of Unit; Job Description; Special Skills; Career Progression Line; Salary; Man Specification
Physical FactorsEducational Background; Personal Characteristics; Experience; Key Characteristics; Job Elements; 7 Sources of Recruitment; Transfer from within the Organisation; Recruiting Experienced Staff from Outside the Organisation; Recruiting Trainee Staff from Outside the Organisation; Recruiting Part-time Staff ; Hiring Staff on a Contract Basis; Contracting Work to a Software House or Service Bureau; 8 Methods of Recruitment; Trainees With or Without Business Experience; Internal Recruitment; External Recruitment; Graduate Trainees; School-Leavers
Trainees With Previous Business or Administrative ExperienceExperienced Data Processing Staff; Methods of Recruitment; Contact Through Current Employees; Contact Through Computer Supplier; Contacting Applicants for Previously Advertised Vacancies; Contact Through Specialist Recruitment Agencies; Recruitment Circus; Press Advertising; Data Processing Technical Press; Other Technical Press; Local Press; National Press; Television; Drafting Advertisements; Hiring Staff; 9 Short-Listing and Interviewing; Application Forms; Selection for Interviews; Interviewing
Preparation for the First InterviewThe Interview Itself; Initial Discussion; Candidate's Background; Technical Discussion; Discussion of the Job; Administrative Details; Questions; Interview Sheets; Short-Listing; Aptitude Tests; The Second Interview; Objectives of Interviewers; The Room Structure of Interview; Part III-Keeping Good Staff; 10 Why Do They leave?; Desirable Level of Turnover; Reasons for Leaving; Dissatisfaction with Pay; Genuine Need for More Money; Boredom; Change of Location; End of a Project; Dis-satisfaction with Working Conditions; Blocked Promotion Path
Analysis Electronic data processing departments
Electronic data processing personnel
Electronic data processing personnel, Training of
Notes Unappreciated Talent
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Subject Electronic data processing departments -- Personnel management
Electronic data processing personnel -- Recruiting
Electronic data processing personnel -- Training of
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
Electronic data processing departments -- Personnel management
Electronic data processing personnel -- Recruiting
Electronic data processing personnel -- Training of
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351970747
1351970747