This text investigates the issues and contradictions which surround the theory of assessment, recruitment and selection. In addition to this, it underlines the day-to-day practicalities of setting up strategies and policies within a business. Although the text is designed to suit a new Open University Masters module, it exhibits a core British Psychological Society Masters in Occupational Psychology syllabus. The text caters for the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students, and in this area it successfully fills the gap in the market.