This article focuses on identifying current challenges and trends in the recruitment and selection process of public administration staff. Ensuring the necessary staff is a complex and important process that must take into account that the human resources are a key resource of the institution and that the eventual mistakes made in the recruiting process could produce side effects. At the same time, the process of recruitment and selection of the human ressources in the public administration must support the accomplishment of the mission of public authorities by providing interested and quality staff, taking into account the guidelines and priorities of the government in this matter.