Specialists appreciate that public institutions face real difficulties in personnel recruitment, especially in
the critical areas. The constant pressure to do more with less resources results in assuming more
responsibilities by existing employees and exceeding their main attributions. In this context, HR
specialists need to answer the requirement to identify and attract within the institution the right persons
in the shortest periods (Davidson et al., 2007). However, public sector recruitment needs to follow
lengthy procedures that will prove the correctness and transparency of the entire process. Given the
current challenges, public institutions will have to establish an equilibrium in the area of personnel
recruitment and selection between these competing values: the need to perform a time efficient process
and, at the same time, to cover all necessary procedures