Week 2 Project

Employee Testing and Selection

Once you build upon your applicant pool, the next phase is to explain how to use various tools to select the best candidate for the job. The main topics we’ll cover include the selection process, basic testing techniques, types of tests, work samples and simulations, and making background and reference checks. There are also several techniques you can use to improve your skills at what is probably the most widely used screening tool, the selection interview.

The Importance of Selection

Properly selecting the most quali�ed applicants for review is probably the biggest challenge and task for managers to reduce the applicant pool and to �t the best candidate for the job. The aim is to �nd the person-job �t based upon the knowledge, skills, abilities and other competencies (KSACs).

KSACs Review each icon to know more.

There are three reasons as to why choosing the right candidate is important:

To ensure the candidates have the right skills who will perform.

Good selection is costly when you’re recruiting and hiring.

Inept hiring has legal consequences.

Recall your reading that equal employment laws require nondiscriminatory selection procedures.

Selection Tools

There are several popular selection tools. Proper consideration and particular attention are very important in selecting the correct tool testing instrument to validate your overall results. Regardless of the various tools you may use, the key point to understand is they have to be reliable and consistent.

Background Investigations

Background checks/references is an inexpensive process if done right. How deeply this background check should be conducted depends on the position the individual has applied for. Another factor for this process is the legality of improper defamation. Below is a great article on why companies must be careful on how they use the information received from background checks:

Adams, S. (2013, June 21). Background checks on the job candidates: Be very careful. Forbes Leadership. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/06/21/background-checks-on-job- candidates-be-very-careful/#5a7bd0646ea8

Additional Materials

From your course textbook, Human Resource Management, review the following chapter:

Employee Testing and Selection

From the South University Online Library, review the following articles:

The Cult of Personality Testing: Why Assessments Are Essential for Employee Selection (https://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp? sch=suo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com.southuniversity.libproxy.edmc.edu/login.aspx? direct=true&db=edo&AN=70221080&site=eds-live)

Using Personality Testing as Part of the Employee Selection Process (https://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp? sch=suo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=a9h&AN=120001349&site=eds-live)

Interviewee Selection Test and Evaluator Assessments of General Mental Ability, Emotional Intelligence, and Extraversion: Relationships with Structured Behavioral and Situational Interview Performance (https://www.thecampuscommon.com/library/ezproxy/ticketdemocs.asp? sch=suo&turl=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? direct=true&db=bth&AN=108840384&site=eds-live)

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