On Selecting State Service Employees

Abstract

The paper shows the relevance of personnel policy for state to develop democratic reforms on the example of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The analysis concerns the preparation of the employees for state service in western countries, identifies the features of common trends across the world as to selecting and appointing state service employees, examines the state service legislation and practice of the developed countries such as the UK. Germany, Spain, the US and Japan, identifies two majour western approaches to preparing state service staff — Anglo-Saxon and French. The paper shows that the principle of competitive choice is typical of democratic countries. The countries establish specialized state bodies dealing with the selection of candidates for state civil service. The legal status of such bodies is relatively independent within the state body system. Such measures promote to unbiased selection of state service personnel. The results of the research show that 1) most states the choice of state service employees is performed and controlled by independent bodies; 2) during training management staff should acquire not only theoretical background but practical skills; 3)to select highly qualified and perspective staff, it is recommended to establish independent competition commissions; 4) the mechanism of selecting personnel should include the criteria of moral, ethical and patriotic aptitude; 5) educational organizations should have educational programs targeting the preparation of specialists to operate the activity of staff and establish the practice of employment after completing such a course.