My study concerns the social recruitment of infantry soldiers in the Swedish standing army ( indelta armén). The 19th century Swedish army was composed of three parts : hired troops , the conscripts and above all the ”indelta armén”. Indelta armén was unique in the world because of its organizational form. It consisted of infantry soldiers, naval men and cavalry soldiers, which were supported by the landowning farmers. Normally two farmers had the responsibility to find an infantry soldier, to pay him an annual wage and to give him a small-crofters holding; at least this was intended when the system was first organized in the 1680s. The famous author Vilhelm Moberg has written a well-known novel ”Raskens” about one of these soldiers portraying also the whole system as well as the surrounding peasant society. All of the 20000 concerned soldiers lived in the Swedish countryside among the rest of the population. They all got special names,( for example meaning Quick, Prompt, Faithful) still existing as family names of Sweden today. The study concentrates on the question of the social importance of this system in a period of rapid transformation of Swedish society, i.e the end of the 19th century. The most important questions dealt with are: the ones concerning social and geographical recruitment of soldiers (i.e. those ôf the indelta armén), the means of support and education given to these soldiers in special army training schools. One part of the book concerns social mobility among ex-soldiers and a minor study treats their family structure. / <p>Diss. Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1986</p> / digitalisering@umu

I den här uppsatsen undersökts det hur rekryteringsprocessen av inköpsassistenter ser ut i teori och praktik och vilka kompetenser yrket efterfrågar. Ämnet är aktuellt då yrkesrollen som inköpsassistent är svår att definiera och teori har påvisat att rekrytering försvåras av det faktum. Det kan i sin tur leda till felrekryteringar som kan ge stora konsekvenser i ett företag. Ämnet är också relevant då förändringar inom modebranschen har påverkat yrkesrollerna inom branschen i hög takt vilket resulterat i att samma yrkesroll har olika innebörd på olika företag. Förändringar ställer högre och delvis helt nya krav på rekryterare inom branschen. Samtidigt har det inte påträffats någon definition av rollen som inköpsassistent. Studiens syfte är därför att klargöra vilka kompetenser som eftersöks för att bli anställd som inköpsassistent. Studien utreder frågeställningen: Vilken kompetens efterfrågas i yrkesrollen som inköpsassistent? Rekryteringsprocessen kommer också undersökas i studien. Utifrån frågeställningen och syftet gjordes en kvalitativ undersökning där rekryterare och inköpare intervjuades genom semistrukturerade intervjuer om rekrytering av inköpsassistenter. Urvalet bestod av sju modeföretag från Sverige och Norge. Data från intervjuerna transkriberades och presenterades i en resultatdel. Studiens resultat presenteras inom följande teman: Rekryteringsprocessen, Social rekrytering, Felrekrytering, Konkret kompetens och Abstrakt kompetens. Sammanfattningsvis tyder studiens resultat på att yrkesrollen skiljer sig mellan olika företag och att det faktum att rollen är odefinierad påverkar rekryteringen och kan delvis bidrar till felrekrytering. Vidare visar resultatet att det finns både abstrakta och konkreta kompetenser som stämmer in på flertalet av företagen och därför kan bidra till en del av definieringen av yrkesrollen som inköpsassistent. / This thesis is investigating how the recruitment process of buying assistants is working in theory and practice, and what competences the profession demands. This issue is currently important since the professional role as a buying assistant is difficult to define and theory has demonstrated that recruitment is aggravated by that. This may therefore lead to misrecruitments that can provide major consequences in a company. The topic is also relevant when changes in the fashion industry have influenced professional roles within the industry at a high rate, resulting in that the same profession has different meanings in different companies. The changes are requiring higher and partly new demands on recruiters in the industry. At the same time, a definition of the role as buying assistant has not been found. The study's purpose is to clarify the competences that are required to be employed as a buying assistant. The study investigates the question: What competences are required for a job as a buying assistant? The recruitment process will also be investigated. Based on the issue and the purpose, a qualitative study was most suitable. In the study, recruiters and buyers were interviewed through semi-structured interviews about the recruitment of buying assistants. The sample consisted of seven fashion companies from Sweden and Norway. Data from the interviews were transcribed and presented in the result chapter. The study’s results are presented in the following themes: Recruitment process, Social recruitment, Misrecruitment, Concrete competences and Abstract competences. In summary, the result of this study indicates that the professional role differs between different companies and that the fact that the role is undefined affects recruitment and may partly contribute to misrecruitment. Furthermore, the results show that there are both abstract and concrete competences that apply to the majority of companies and therefore contribute to the definition of the professional role as a buying assistant.