Selection

Learning Objectives
1. Identify the elements of the selection
process.
2. Define ways to measure the success of
the selection method.
3. Summarize the government’s
requirements for employee selection.
4. Compare the common methods used for
selecting human resources.
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Learning Objectives (continued)

5. Describe major types of employment

tests.
6. Discuss how to conduct effective
interviews.
7. Explain how employers carry out the
process of making a selection decision.
 Elements of Selection
• Matching Process

• Selection Fit
 Matching Process of Selection
• ORGANIZATION • CANDIDATE
 Measuring the Success of
Selection Methods
• Reliability

• Validity

• Criterion related
 Selection Validity
The degree to which the method measures
what it is supposed to measure

Criterion-Related Validity
1. Predictive – use candidates to show
validity
2. Concurrent – use of current employees
to show validity
 Predictive Validity
Candidates –>Tests given -> Test
Scores
Hired

Work Performance Test scores

Correlation
Coefficient
 Concurrent Validity
Current Employees –> Tests given

Work Performance Test scores

Correlation
Coefficient
Legal Requirements of Selection
 The Selection Process
STEP WHAT WHY
Application Form

Background Check

Preliminary Interview

Testing

Functional Interview

Medical Exam

RJP (Realistic Job Preview)

Decision
 Steps in the Selection Process

Hiring decision

Realistic Job Preview

Medical Exam/ drug

testing

Functional Interview

Testing

Preliminary Interview

*Note: Steps and

Background Investigation
number may vary. An
applicant may be
Completion of application
rejected after any step
in the process.
Employment Tests
Interviews
 How Organizations Select
Employees
Multiple-Hurdle Model Compensatory Model
• Process of arriving at • Process of arriving at
a selection decision a selection decision in
by eliminating some which a very high
candidates at each score on one type of
stage of the selection assessment can
process. make up for a low
score on another.
 Communicating the Decision

• When a candidate has been selected, the

organization should communicate the the
offer to the candidate. The offer should
include:
– Job responsibilities
– Work schedule
– Rate of pay
– Starting date
– Other relevant details