Methods of recruitment to BCS (Bangladesh Civil Service)

Recruitment is done by the following ways:

• Direct recruitment through competitive examination
• Appointment by promotion
• Appointment by transfer or deputation

Recruitment policies and conditions of Bangladesh Civil Service Commission (BCS)

In 1976, the recruitment rules for appointment to superior post were framed. On the other hand, the government of BD in September 1972, which guided recruitment to various services and posts, announced the Interior Recruitment Policy.

Recruitment and Selection in Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS)

Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in the organization (Flippo and Edwin 1984: 141). No element of the career service system is more important than the recruitment policy” (Commission of Inquiry on Public Service Personnel, 1935:37, quoted in Stall 1962:51). Recruitment is the cornerstone of the whole personnel structure. Unless recruitment policy is soundly conceived, there can be of little hope of building a first rate staff (Stall, 1962: 51). Broadly, there are two major methods for recruitment to civil service: (a) merit system through competitive examination and (b) spoils system. Under the typical civil service law, the central personnel agency commonly called Public Service Commission is responsible to conduct competitive examination. Spoils system (also known as a
patronage system) is an informal practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working towards victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a system of awarding