HRM200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Programmed Learning, Work Sampling, Human Capital

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: William Peckham

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Selection: the process of choosing individuals to fill job openings. The importance of selection: quality of human resources determines organizational performance, significant legal implications inappropriate selection decisions are costly. Selection ratio: the ratio of the number of applicants hired to the total number of applicants. Multiple hurdle strategy: an approach to selection involving a series of successive steps or hurdles. Only candidates clearing the hurdle are permitted to move on to the next step. 5 steps: develop selection criteria job analysis, job specifications, items from the job description, specify musts and wants and weight the wants hard requirements ex. Skills can be more wants then needs: develop an evaluation form try to use some type of objective or numbers based system for evaluating candidates. Has weights for musts and wants: develop interview questions (for all candidates) use a very structured interview so each candidate is asked the same questions. Equity, fairness, consistency: develop candidate-specific questions ex.