New model letter and form on recruitment selection

The XpertHR policies and documents service has been enhanced by the addition of a model letter responding to an unsuccessful job applicant who has requested feedback and a model shortlisting assessment form. 

• Letter responding to an unsuccessful job applicant who has requested feedback Use this model letter to respond to an unsuccessful job applicant who has requested feedback on why he or she was not recruited. 
• Shortlisting assessment form Use this model form to record the shortlisting process and enable a decision to be made about which candidates to interview. 

Also

Where an unsuccessful job applicant asks for details of why he or she was not offered the job is the employer obliged to disclose those details? The XpertHR FAQs section answers this frequently asked question. 

XpertHR 2011 selection interviews survey: interview tools and record-keeping XpertHR research finds that most employers extend their use of structured interviews to include an interview schedule or script, and boost the objectivity of selection decisions by using a scoring system based on job-related criteria. 

Meister v Speech Design Carrier Systems GmbH Case C-415/10 ECJ In this case, the European Court of Justice held that an employer is not obliged to provide an unsuccessful job applicant with information on the successful candidate, although a failure to do so could lead to an inference of discrimination in a subsequent tribunal claim.