Currently, the staff is the most valuable resource of any organization, so the success of its activities depends on the quality of human resources. One of the fundamental criteria for the quality of human resources is the compliance of personnel competencies (both personal and professional), the requirements of the employer and the content of labor functions implemented within the framework of the position. Such compliance is primarily achieved by organizing a competent approach to the recruitment procedure. Today, many companies seek to independently select employees, which requires certain knowledge in this area. In domestic conditions, in contrast to the established foreign practice, the formation and implementation of the recruitment process is complicated by the lack of practical experience of companies in this area, insufficient elaboration of recruitment mechanisms, the desire to copy foreign experience in this area without taking into account Russian characteristics. The article clarifies the concept of personnel selection, analyzes the process of personnel selection, approaches to personnel selection, criteria and sources of personnel selection that form the preferences of foreign and domestic employers, analyzes the process of personnel selection of an industrial enterprise and suggests ways to improve it.