Respondents were further asked to indicate their recruitment and selection practices. The details have been
provided in Table 5. As shown in Table 5, 60 percent of the managers had written job description for positions
while 40 percent had not. Eighty percent (80.0%) of the respondents reported that they did not require applicants
to fill application forms when employed. Also, 76.7 percent of the managers required applicants to submit
application letters for selection. In addition, 63.3 percent required their new staff to take medical examinations
after selection has been done. Moreover, from the table, the results depict that 53.3 percent of the managers
provided their new staff with appointment letters.
Table 5 also shows that 83.3 percent of the managers who provided appointment letters included duties and
responsibilities in the letters. Only 75 percent included job titles in their appointment letters while the remaining
25 percent did not. Similarly, 75.0 percent included salaries and benefits in their appointment letters for new
recruits. Further, 79.2 percent included SSNIT contributions in their appointment letters and are ready to pay to
the government. The results also show that 54.2% and 79.2% of the respondents did not include leave
entitlements and probationary periods in their appointment letters respectively.