Recruitment Policy and Employee Productivity in Telesom Company of Hargeisa, Somaliland

ABSTRACT This study carries out an investigation on recruitment policies and employees’ productivity in the headquarters of Telesom Company in Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia. The objectives of the study were to examine the recruitment policies, to determine the level of employees’ productivity and to establish the relationship between the recruitment policies and employees’ productivity in the Telesom, Hargeisa. The study employed descriptive correlation study design which involved both qualitative and quantitative approaches. With regards to this method, the researcher used structured questionnaires which were based on simple and understandable questions. Responses from the 171 sample size respondents out of a total of 140 respondents suggested that the levels of recruitment policies were relatively lower than the standard expected. The researcher found out that though some strides have been made in improvement of the recruitment aspects; still there are a couple of challenges which hamper the productivity of the employees. As a result the employees’ productivity has remained to be significantly low. It was also established that there was indeed a causal relationship between recruitment policy and employees’ productivity which stood at 0.881 on the Pearson Correlation scale which was interpreted as positive and very strong relationship. The researcher suggested that it had become imperative that there be significant improvement on the aspects by means of revising the job analysis and profiling, selection procedures, orientation of new employees and induction. This according to the researcher would help improve the productivity of the employees at Telesom