INTRODUCTION
In a modern organization that emphasizes division of labour, the function of manpower recruitment. According to Tolaurien (199:417), it is the function of the personnel officer to select, train, develop, assimilate and remunerate employees. The personnel manager is expected to help formulate manpower policies and take a detailed study of financial incentives programme. He is responsible for the co-ordination of performance appraisals, administration of discipline and the promotion of formal organization or the use of company notice boards to promotes a labour contracts. The personnel officer also undertakes personnel research to determine the best ways of recruiting and committing employees to achieve organization objectives.
In Nigeria, the function of personnel manager is influenced by the personality of the job holder. He is often a member of the executive team with staff authority. He handles all functions of the organization that do not fit into any other department, he has much influence as the are gets involved virtually in every thing. His importance is highlighted by fact that employer comes in through him and leaves the organization by retirement dismissal, voluntary withdrawal or death.
A good personal manager establishes a very close working relationship with all the departments and units within the organization he does not actually do the selection of employees, he recommends to department heads for final selection after the necessary process has be completed, unless he has functional authority to acts on their behalf.
All management personnel are involved in personnel functions of the organization. The effectiveness of their function depend on the people they have to work with personnel matters are the heart of all organization and no organization successes that gives it a passing attention.
