UPDF Recruitment Screening and Selection Process

Uganda Peoples Defence Forces UPDF Recruitment Screening and Selection Process 2023-2024

UPDF Recruitment Screening and Selection Process 2023 – Complete Guide:

What Is Recruitment Candidate Screening?

Candidate screening is the process of reviewing job applications. This comes in right after candidate sourcing and involves skimming through resumes and cover letters to find the closest applicant-job-description matches keeping in mind qualifications, experience, skill sets, and projected candidate-organization fit.

Despite major headway in technology, screening still happens to be the most time-intensive aspect of hiring with an average hiring decision taking about 23 hours of screening time. This is with the current size of recruitment teams of about three or more people, and they are predicted to only get the number of recruits needed for that particular year as instructed by the General.

A 3-step guide to the UPDF Recruitment candidate Screening and Selection Process : 

The process of candidate screening, whether they have a few applicants to browse through or are skimming through mounds of résumés, follow three basic steps – all depending on a deep understanding of the requirements of the role.

The primary check that is conducted (whether by the human eye or by artificial intelligence) involves a look at the qualifications, which may include work experience, academic background, skills, knowledge base, personality, behavior-indicative traits, and competencies.

Step 1: Ticking off the basic or must-have requirements

These are mandatory fields that the candidate must qualify in – for example, having the legal allowance to work in the country where the role would be based.

The question may arise about valuable talent being overlooked if they don’t meet these basic criteria. But this can then become a debate of convenience (of less time and a tight checklist) over a possible oversight, and most are wise to choose the former in a candidate market as heavily fragmented.

Step 2: Scanning for preferred or good-to-have qualifications

This step involves looking at resumes that meet the basic requirements a little deeper to look for qualitative attributes that a candidate might bring to the role. These would build a stronger case for the CV, since these extras would enable the candidate to do a better job on the role. For example, having prior experience in mechanic would be an added bonus.

Step 3: Matching the holistic picture of the candidate to the role

This is probably the first time during the screening that the recruiter looks at the candidate as more than just a CV and tries to match a more holistic employee persona (with must-have and good-to-have qualifications) to the job description. This is where candidates are shortlisted to go onward to the interviewing and testing phase.

SEE ALSO:

1 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces ACT 2005

2 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Intake

3 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Application Procedure

4 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Application Deadline

5 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Shortlisted Candidates

6 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Cadet Recruitment Shortlisted Candidates

7 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Officers Recruitment Shortlisted Candidates

8 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces LDU Recruitment Shortlisted Candidates

9 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Medical Examination

10 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Medical Examination Date

11 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Medicals Examination Shortlisted Candidates

12 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Interview

13 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Interview Date

14 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Interview Shortlisted Candidates

15 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Interview Questions and Answers

16 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Portal

17 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Dates and Centers

18 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Pass Out

19 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Pass Out List

20 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Screening and Selection Process

21 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Recruitment Screening Shortlisted Candidates

22 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Ranks Insignia and Badges

23 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Salary Scale

24 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Ranks and Salary Scale

25 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Generals

26 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Officers

27 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Army

28 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Allowances

29 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Air Forces

30 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Brass Band

31 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Cadet Training

32 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Cadet Recruitment 2023

33 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Cadet Recruitment Application Deadline

34 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Officers Recruitment

35 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Officers Recruitment Application Deadline

36 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces code of conduct

37 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Divisions

38 Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Gazette Uniform