Abstract:
The issue of recruitment confines to attract the attention of researchers. In
Ghana, one of the public institutions that are said to employ a lot of people in
the public sector is Ghana Education Service (GES). However, their method of
recruitment has attracted a lot of public concern. People continue to critique
the methods used to attract and retain staff. It is against this background that
the study sought to investigate the recruitment methods in the GES in the
Senior High Schools (SHSs,) in the Gomoa East District. The Gomoa East
District was chosen because it is a newly created district that could have newly
posted teachers as well as old teachers and also close to the researcher. To
achieve this, the descriptive designed was used. The sample size comprised of
80 SHSs graduate professional and nonprofessional teachers. Data were
collected through questionnaires from teachers about recruitment methods,
commonly used recruitment methods and challenges in recruitment. The study
found that GES has a formal policy. The findings show that there is poor
interpersonal treatment, poor timely feedback, and a lack of policy and
selection biases in GES recruitment. Others are the involvement of agents,
lack of transparency, discrimination, high cost in recruitment and poor quality
of staff in GES recruitment. The study indicated that the common methods
used in the recruitment of GES are job posting, internet, newspaper
advertisements, social media, direct application and college recruitment. It was
recommended that in order to hire the best teacher for the job, the organization
should make a formal workable recruitment policy.
