Recruitment criteria and training in human resources development : a case study of women office workers at an institution of higher education in Saudi Arabia

Abstract EN

-This study examines employee recruitment criteria and training opportunities, uses a sample of 185 Saudi women office workers.

It was found that the majority of the employees had a bachelor’s degree, but had no formal qualification in administration, had no experience in similar jobs, did not do jobs which corresponded to their educational major, and felt that their jobs did not make use of their skills and abilities.

Many of them also seemed to be underemployed since not all lower level administrative jobs necessarily required a bachelor’s degree.

It was also found that training programs were offered to employees, and the majority who attended indicated that the training was valuable.

On the other hand, the majority of the respondents who received training attended only one training program and were unable to apply what they have learned.

Almost half of the employees had never attended any form of training program.

More than three fourth have not been offered training