Selection Flashcards
What is selection?
The process of choosing the corrcet person from pool of candidates of applicants that applied for a job
What are stages in the selection process?
- Check application forms and CV’s
- Interview
- Testing
- Assessment centre
- References
- Trial Period
Application forms and CV’s:
This contans questions for applicants where the candidates must provide detail of skills,qualities and experience
Interviews:
Designed to compare candidate resmonses and gather info o candidates abilities and copeing under pressure. Either one-on-one, of successive with a number of people on a pannel (no biasses)
What are benefits on interviews?
- Discover someones personality and character traits
- Find out how applicants react under pressure
What are costs of interviews?
- Some cantidates may train for interviews and tell you what you want to hear
- They are jighly stressful so people may miss a quality employee
What is testing?
When the organisation carries out a variety of tests to ensure the applicant is correctly chosen for the job
What are the types of tests?
- Attainment test (allows appliucant to demonstrate skills e.g. ICT)
- Aptitude test (measures how good a candidate is at certain skills e.g. maths, languages)
- Phychometric test (this asseses how applicants think and test the applicant for personality and character)
- IQ test (assesses candidates mental abilities where they solve probelms)
- Physical test (tests candidates physical fitness levels in accordance to the requirements of the job)
What are assessment centres?
Applicants take part in various team building and role play exercises as well as a number of tests
What are benefits of asssessment centres?
- Large no. candidates assessed at one time
- Best candidates are chosen because of wide range of tests
- Tests carried out by qualified, experienced people
- Tests how candidates react to scenarios that mimic real ones
- Reduced bias
What are costs of assessment centres?
- Expensive if the venue needs to be hired or bought
- Managers must be sent to condust and supervise
- Time consuming due to careful planning and preperation
What is a reference?
This is a written character statement with conformation of skills
What is a trial period?
When a candidate is employyed by the company for a short period of time to see if they would fit in with the company
