Zrp Cadet Recruitment System

ABSTRACT

The main aim of this project was to develop a computerised online Zimbabwe Republic Police

(ZRP) Recruitment System that will store information of every applicant and be able to process,

evaluate and produce feedback to the applicants efficiently and manipulation of information.

Officer recruitment at ZRP was facing problems with the manual filing system that they were

using to store information, and hence processing of applications and evaluation was now a

tedious and unfair process. So the purpose of the project was to develop computerized system

that would cater for these needs. Information on the requirements of the recruiting staff was

gathered through various Information Gathering Methodologies such as interviews,

questionnaires and observations. It was noted that the system allowed too much access to

confidential documents and that the recruiting staff were working under hectic schedules. Also it

took time for the applicant to receive feedback about his/her application after application

processing was done. After the requirements were gathered, the proposed system was designed.

A range of Microsoft tools most notably Visual Studio 2012 which comprises of Visual

Basics.Net were used to develop the system. Also a MySQL server database managed by

Windows Server 2008R2 operating system was used to store the large volumes of information

and redundancies were kept under control while information security was upgraded. Testing and

final installation of the hardware and software at the implementation phase made sure that the

developed system was fully functional and operational as well as those activities associated with

turning over control of the new system to the end users. The finished system was implemented

under a pilot run change over on recommendation by the Developer. It was successful and faced

little problems. Users were trained to use the system effectively and the system was fully

operational. Regular maintenance was chosen for the system but other maintenance methods

such a adaptive were recommended so as to keep the system up to date with its environment. In

conclusion the research study was a success. The developer made recommendations on future

studies and on improving the study he made. Upon completion of the project, there was

improved process efficiency, quality of service, convenience to management and applicants at

ZRP.