The study investigates whether the job advertisements fulfill the criteria about job advertisments like they appear in regulations no. 464/1996 about job advertisements. Whether job advertisements for vacant jobs were published in Lögbirtingablaðið (Iceland’s Legal Publication Journal), whether the application deadline were according to 7 th article og the employment laws, whether special recruiting committees were used for professional support and finally the length of the recruitment process.
Greint var hvort auglýsingarnar uppfylltu skilyrði um auglýsingar eins og þau birtast í reglum nr. 464/1996 um auglýsingar á lausum störfum, hvort auglýsingar um laus embætti birtust í Lögbirtingablaðinu, hvort umsóknarfrestur væri í samræmi við 7. gr. starfsmannalaga, hvort stuðst hafi verið við hæfnisnefndir og loks hversu langt ráðningarferlið var.