AN EVALUATION OF RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION POLICY OF GOVERNMENT OWNED ENTERPRISES IN ANAMBRA STATE (A CASE STUDY OF TRANSPORT COMPANY OF ANAMBRA STATE (TRACAS)

The study evaluated effectiveness of the recruitment and selection policy in government owned enterprises in Anambra State in terms of quality and quantity of staff hired, cost and time received to fill job openings. A study of Transport Company of Anambra State (TRACAS) was carried out as a representative study. Primary data were collected from a sample of 105 TRACAS management and staff cadre involved or affected by the recruitment and selection policy in TRACAS. Secondary data from company's handbook and annual reports were also utilized by the researcher. Correlation coefficient was used to ascertain the relationship between the use of objective policy of recruitment and the quality of staff recruited and selected. Also, the relationship between the quality of staff recruited and the productivity of the company was ascertained. The researcher tested two hypotheses, in the end, the two (2) hypotheses were accepted. The researcher reviewed that there was a high relationship between the application of objective methods of policy of recruitment and the quality of staff recruited and selected in government owned enterprises. It further revealed that there was a high relationship between the quality of staff recruited and selected in government owned enterprises and its level of productivity. It is recommended that supervisory ministries of government owned enterprises should partake regularly and monitor the recruitment and selection processes of government owned enterprises to ensure application of objective methods in recruitment and selection process. Wide publicity should be given to recruitment exercises to attract adequate job seekers to the enterprises in terms of quality and quantity of applicants.