Recruitment in the public sector of Kazakhstan

The article deals with the issues of planned reforms in the personnel policy through the prism of recruitment. The relevance of this topic is due to the fact that in the conditions of a developing market economy in Kazakhstan, the efficiency of enterprises depends on the quality of human resources, therefore, recruiting technologies have a serious impact on achieving final goals in the public sector. The relevance of the consideration of public administration as management in this aspect is emphasized. The article focuses on the study of certain categories of personnel management, and focuses on individual human resource (HR) tools and practices that are directly related to the selection and hiring of personnel. The article also highlights the likely problematic nature of the process of optimizing the staff of civil servants. The article makes a constant comparison or manifestation of a relative comparative description with the non-state and private sectors. The experience of some western countries in the recruitment of civil servants is discussed and described. Attention is drawn to the activities of the Agency for Civil Service Affairs in dealing with vacancies and the effectiveness of further procedures for assessing and meeting the requirements for an administrative employee. The objective of the study is to identify the problematic issues on the topic, and stemming from it and to determine the attractiveness of vacancies appearing in public service. The object of the study is such economic categories as the labor market and nominal wages, as material attractiveness. The topic of ethics of civil servants and prevention in the selection process, as one of the main stages of recruitment, is discussed. An attempt was made to analyze the current procedure for approving candidates by personnel services and to consider the qualification requirements and job descriptions of administrative civil servants as a development of the topic for future research.

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