Recruitment & Selection

Question 1

Recruitment Definition? Who is it defined by and name?

Answer 1

Recruitment means finding/ and or attracting applicants for the companies open positions (Dessler, 2016)

Question 2

Definition of Selection? (simple)

Answer 2

Selection is selecting an individual from the pool of candidates/applicants

Question 3

Why is sourcing the correct applicants important (funnel diagram)

Answer 3

Because high-quality applicants leads to high quality hires

Question 4

5 Stages of Recruitment?

Answer 4

1. Identifying Vacancies
2. Job Analysis (what is it)
3. Producing Job Description & Person Spec
4. Setting Selection Criteria
5. Choosing assessment methods

Question 5

6 Stages of Selection? (does not finish at hire!)

Answer 5

1. Attract pool of applicants
2. Assessing candidates
3. Select & Hire
4. Induction
5. Probationary Period (give my example 6 months for CPW)
6. Review

Question 6

5 Methods of Recruitment?

Answer 6

1. Internal & External Recruitment
2. Flyers
3. Radio
4. Recruitment Fairs
5. Recruitment Agencies

Question 7

5 Methods of Selection?

Which Organisation set these 5 out?

Answer 7

1. Interviews (face 2 face, phone, video, group)
2. Aptitude/Psychometric Tests
3. Assessment Centres
4. Presentations
5. Group Exercises

Chartered Institute Of Personnel Development (CIPD)

Question 8

What is the 3 Internal Recruitment methods?

Answer 8

1. Job Posting Internally
2. Job Bidding Internally
3. Employee Referrals

Question 9

What does Face Validity show in Selection?

Answer 9

The consistency of scores obtained by the same person when retested with the identical tests or with alternate forms of the same test.

Question 10

What does Predictive Validity show in Selection?

Answer 10

predictive validity refers to how likely it is for test scores to predict future job performance.