Chapter 6: Selection and Placement Selection & Placement - Selection and placement is based on several factors including skill

level, work and educational experience, interview results, references, and consultation between the Hiring Department and the Employment Services Department. Selection Method Standards Personnel selection is the process by which companies decide who will or will not be allowed into organizations. Several generic standards should be met in any selection process. We focus on five: 1. Reliability 2.Validity 3. Generalizability 4.Utility and 5. Legality. Reliability is the degree to which a measure of physical or cognitive abilities, or traits, is free from random error. Validity is the extent to which a performance measure assesses all the relevant and only the relevant- aspects of job performance. Criterion-Related Validation is a method of establishing the validity of a personnel selection method by showing a substantial correlation between test scores and job-performance scores. The types include: Predictive Validation Concurrent Validation

Test Applicants

Measure Performance of those Hired

Test existing Employees

Measure their Performance

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Content Validation is attest validation strategy performed by demonstrating that items, questions or problems posed by attest are representative sample of the kinds of situations or problems that occur on the job.