COMMERCE 2BC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Blue-Collar Worker, Content Validity, Observational Error
28 Feb 2017
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Human resource recruitment: any practice or activity carried on by the organization the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees: creates a buffer between planning and actual selection of new employees. Recruitment activities are designed to affect: number of people who apply of vacancies, type of people who apply for them, likelihood that those applying for vacancies will accept positions if offered. Goals: organization has a number of reasonably quali ed applicant to choose from when a vacancy occurs. Applicants apparently remember less information about the recruiting organization after dual purpose interviews. Applicant respond less positively to highly structured interviews, and yet this is precisely the type of interview that has the highest validity in terms of making effective screening decisions. Characteristics of vacancy are more important than recruiters of recruiting sources when it comes to predicting job choose decisions. Provides ample opportunity for advancement and promotion.
