Chapter 7: Selection Flashcards
Define selection and discuss its strategic importance
Selection is the process of choosing among individuals who have been recruited to fill existing or projected job openings, to hire the “best” candidate. Hiring the best candidate to achieve it’s strategic plans
Describe considerations in the preliminary applicant screening.
The selection ratio is the ratio of the number of applicants hired to the total number of applicants and is a key consideration when conducting preliminary applicant screening. Data analytics can help determine which criteria to focus on in the initial screening process, while crowdsourcing empowers existing employees to help in the screening process.
Define reliability and validity, explain their importance in selection techniques, and describe at least four types of selection tests.
Reliability: the degree to which selection techniques are dependable, consistent, and stable.
Validity: which relates to accuracy.
The different types of tests used for selection include tests of cognitive abilities (including IQ tests, EI tests, and tests for specific cognitive abilities), job-specific tests (including tests of motor or physical abilities, work sampling, achievement tests, and micro assessments), tests of personality and interests, and physical examination tests (including substance abuse testing and polygraph tests).
Describe the major types of selection interviews by degree of structure, type of content, and manner of administration.
Selection interviewing can be unstructured, structured, or semi-structured. The content varies between situational interviews (focus on future behaviour) and behavioural interviews (focus on past behaviours).
Describe four ways to improve an employer’s background-checking process and explain how selection decisions are made.
4 ways:
- ask for phone references
- looking for red flags
- asking open-ended questions
- aiming for 360 reference checking
To make the hiring decision, information from the multiple selection techniques used must be combined, and the applicant who is the best fit with the selection criteria must be identified.
Explain the importance of reference checking, Describe strategies to make such checking effective, and analyze the legal issues involved.
In providing reference information, the concept of qualified privilege is important. Generally speaking, if comments are made in confidence for a public purpose, without malice and are honestly believed, the defence of qualified privilege exists. However, an overly positive reference can be considered negligent misrepresentation if it’s untrue.
