The following questions are examined in the training manual: techniques for assessing the business and personal qualities of potential employees and partners , Predicting behavior , technologies for selection of candidates for senior management positions , Interview strategy and tactics , analysis of typical situations in personnel work , proper placement of personnel , Build your own staff assessment and selection system. The author outlines the methodology of personnel work, polished over decades of its application in the economy. Without proper selection and placement of personnel, it is impossible to successfully complete any social or economic endeavor. The training manual clearly and clearly describes all these stages and procedures of personnel work, provides their scientific justification, compares the advantages and disadvantages of different methods and procedures, analyzes the statistical assumptions underlying their use. The training manual is aimed at students and teachers of economic and management faculties of universities, heads of personnel services of companies, recruiters, managers and entrepreneurs