Employee Selection

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Foundation for almost all human resource activities

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Job analysis

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Captures a wealth of Job Information which serves as a guide for variety of uses

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Job Analysis

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Usually undertaken when the org is starting operations

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Job Analysis Program

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Duties performed and responsibilities involved - relation of job to other jobs in the company (JOB)

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Job Description

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Specification of minimum personal qualifications (PERSON)

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Job Specification

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Job in terms of key results areas and the function and roles and the competencies

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Job Profile

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What is KSAO

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Knowledge - Skill - Ability - Other Characteristics

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Sources such as Supervisors and incumbents who are knowledgeable about the job

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Subject Matter Experts (SME)

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A group analysis interview consisting of subject matters experts

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SME Conference

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Person conducting the Job Analysis

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Job Analyst

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A questionnaire containing a list of task of each of which the job incumbent rates on a series of scales

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Task Inventory

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Process of identifying the tasks for which the employees need to be trained

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Task Analysis

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Structured instrument developed by McCormick, Jeanneret and Mechan at Purdue Univeristy

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Position Analysis Questionnaires (PAQ)

• Info Input
• Mental Processes
• Work Output
• Relationships with other people
• Job context

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Instrument designed as an alternative to PAQ and was developed by Cornelius and Hackel. It contains 153 items

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Job Elements Inventory (JEI)

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Instrument designed by Fine. Used by federal gov to compare thousand of jobs

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Functional Job Analysis (FJA)

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Developed by Banks, Jackson, Stanford and Warr used for curriculum development, career guidance and broad based training

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Job Components Inventory (JCI)

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Revised version of the PAQ was developed by Patrick and Moore

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Job Structure Profile (JSP)

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Can obtain a whole perspective of the job. You can clarify all aspects of the job and better personal impression

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Interview

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Observes people performing in their work setting

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Observation

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Process of searching and securing applicants for the various job positions

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Recruitment

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Two major sources of candidates for hiring?

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1. Internal Source

2. External Source

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Recruitment process that is posted in the company bulletin board

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Job Posting

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Least expensive recruitment systems

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Word of the mouth system

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Recruitment through social media, newspapers, magazines, radio or television

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Advertising Media

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Ads that do not reveal the identity of the company

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Blind Ads

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Applicants go directly to the office to pass resume and apply for a job

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Walk ins and unsolicited Applicants

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Recruitment done in colleges

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Campus or University Recruitment

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Interviewers interview several applicants over a period of one or two days in some specified fields

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Job Fair or Open House

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Recruitment operated by a state or local government

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Government Agencies (Search firms, head hunters, DOLE)

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Medium of Man Power recruitment

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Radio And TV

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Process of determining from among the applicants who can meet the job requirements

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Selection

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Interview that follows a set of procedures

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Structured Interview

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Interview that has no specific reference and the applicant can talk freely

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Unstructured Interview

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Involves ONE ON ONE interviewer interviewing one applicant

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One on One Interview

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Involves a SERIES of interviews

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Serial Interview

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Done for managerial and supervisory interview, have multiple interviewers

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Panel or Round Table Interview

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Multiple applicants answering questions during the same interview

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Group Interviews

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Interviewers base their decisions on gut reactions or intuition

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Poor Intuitive Ability

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"First impressions"

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Primacy Effects

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The perception of one applicant affects the perception and the performance of the next applicant

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Contrast Effect

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Applicants will receive a higher score if he or she is similar in terms of personality, attitude and race with the interviewer

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Interviewer - Applicants Similarities

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Attractiveness Bias

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Interviewee Appearance

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Type of interview question that allows the interviewer to CLARIFY information in the resume

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Clarifier

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Questions in which a wrong answer will DISQUALIFY a person from further consideration

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Disqualifiers

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Focuses on what the applicant has done rather than what they can do

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Past Focus (Behavior)

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Interview question designed to tap an applicant's knowledge or skill

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Skill Level Determiner (Skill or Knowledge Focus)

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Interview question in which an applicant is given a situation and asked how they would handle it

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Future Focused Questions (Future Focus)

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Interview questions that taps on how well an applicant's personality values will FIT WITH THE ORGANIZATION culture

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Organizational Fit Questions

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Analysis of individuals' traits through handwriting

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Graphology

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Finding a person with the right qualifications for a particular job

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Selection

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Finding the right kind of job for a particular person

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Placement