What are the main challenges facing selection panels?
The main challenges facing selection panels are: • Attracting quality applicants when skills are in short supply. • Clearly defining the job specifications and selection process so that the panel has a shared understanding of the job requirements, there is a clear link between job requirements and selection methods, and evidence from each applicant can be assessed against the job requirements. • Thinking more flexibly about what can and cant be done. People continue to operate on out-of-date information and unquestioned assumptions. Some of the hiccups that can occur in selection processes are set out in my free ebook 101 ways to erode trust in public sector recruiting.
