Selection
Goal of Selection
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Match people to jobs
Match people to the organization –
“fit”
Culture
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SnagAJob – job service
Google
Dun and Bradstreet – financial services
IBM
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Selection Process – steps used to
gather information about candidates
and make a hiring decision
Sources of Information
about Job Candidates
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Application Forms
Online Applications
Background
Investigations
Integrity and Honesty
Tests
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Graphology
Medical Examinations
Employment Tests
Interviews
Steps in the
Selection
Process
Hiring decision
Medical exam/drug test
Supervisor/team
interview
Preliminary selection in
HR department
Background
investigation
Employment testing
(aptitude, achievement)
Initial interview in
HR department
Completion of
application
Note: Steps may vary. An
applicant may be rejected
after any step in the
process.
Validity
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Criterion-Related
– How well selection device relates to
important job behavior
Do well on test = do well on job
 Do poorly on test = poorly on job
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Two types of criterionrelated validity
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Concurrent validity
– Get data from current employees to
compare to test results
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Predictive validity
– Test applicants and get data after time
working for company
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Content Validity
– Test samples important KSAO’s of job
– Work samples are best
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Construct Validity
– How a device measures traits
– Examples: anxiety
– Difficult – hard to show job-relatedness
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Reliability
– How well device returns consistent results
over time
 between people
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What type of validity or
reliability is at issue?
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A woman who passed a typing test
for an administrative assistance
position with a very high score is able
to type documents fast and
accurately enough on the job.
Two supervisors interviewed the
same candidate and came up with
vastly different ratings.
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A person who tested high for
innovation is the first person of the
year to apply for a patent from your
company.
A supervisor wants to ask engineering
candidates if they played team
sports.
Inferences vs. Facts
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Rides a motorcycle
Has 12 children
Has several facial piercings
Delivered papers as a child
Has had four jobs in the past twelve
months
Watches television all day Sunday