Practices and Challenges of staff Recruitment and Retention in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-city Health office
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2016-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Of all the varied responsibilities in human resources, two of the most critical are recruiting and selection the best employees and keeping them happy on the job. The selection of employees is vital to the success of any business because hiring decisions have a lasting effect on morale, productivity and profitability.The successful recruitment, selection and retention of employees have been proved an integral part of every business success. They are a vital part of an organization’s overall strategic plan. The general objective of this study is to investigate the practices of staff recruitment and retention in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-city Health office. Specifically to assess, how the recruitment and retention policy is implemented, to describe the current recruitment methods used, to investigate how the office retains its employees , to investigate the factors influence the recruitment and retention in the office, to describe the challenge the office faces while implementing recruitment and retention program in office. The study delimited to only on governmental health sectors in Nifas Silk Lafto Sub-city. Descriptive research design was used. Both qualitative and quantitative data collecting methods were employed for the study. The main sources of data were from both primary and secondary. The study used both simple random sampling and expert sampling techniques. The sample size selected for the study under consideration was totally 125 for nine health centers and sub-city health office. IBM SPSS statistics 21.00 Version was used to process the primary data which is collected through questionnaire. The recruitment policy was not implementing properly. Office did not give job orientation and follow up for the new employees when they were hired. Employees had not job description in their hand. Office’s compensation and benefit policy was not communicated with employee and not periodically evaluate the effectiveness of its packages. The employees were not satisfied with their work environment. The payment of the employees receives for their work is not attractive. Employees were not got appreciation and recognition for their work by the supervisor and management of the office. Employees were not participated in decision-making process concerning their issue or office issues. No equal opportunity for employee promotion/career development with work experience regional and Addis Ababa health sector in their office. Finally, the researcher recommended that retain competent employee and implement proper recruitment policy in the office.
Key words: Practices of the recruitments and retention strategy, polices, challenges and methods.
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Practices of the recruitments, retention strategy, polices, challenges and methods