A Critical Analysis of the Recruitment and Selection Process in the Ivorian Context

Abstract

A couple of theories of human resources (HR) have considerably been emphasized as the most significant variable upon which the life or death of organization revolved. The composition and quality of the workforce are needed to make an organization reach his goals. Consequently, the workforce as a way of improving the skills, knowledge and orientation of that very workforce has significantly attracted attentions of organizational behaviorists and human resource management (HRM) practitioners and organizational performance. However, less is known about the issue of Human Resources (HR) issues in Cote d'Ivoire, a developing country with a developing economy. This current paper highlights the results of finding from a research carried out of 75 enterprises established and operating in Cote d'Ivoire, a West African country for reasonable conclusions drawing on the recruitment and selection process issues of capable applicants in the country in this harsh and competitive business environment. This is the purpose of shedding light upon the "who you know” syndrome, that is the lack of transparency in the recruitment and selection process; the issue of favoritism and nepotism regarding the external recruitment and the internal recruitments in the recruitment and selection process in the Ivorian context.