This volume presents a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the whole process of recruitment and selection, and examines all the key techniques involved. It shows how they link in with wider HR practices, and how and where competencies can be used to best effect. The book examines the subject from a competency approach, reflecting a firmly established trend in recruitment practice, and is written to meet the needs of both practitioners and students. It presents some contentious new findings on the use of graphology and other less orthodox selection techniques. Effective corporate initiatives and processes are the bedrock of successful organizations; the "Developing Practice" series provides manager with essential frameworks to identify, formulate and implement the best policies and practice in the management and development of people.