HRM200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Essential Selection, Work Sampling, Content Validity

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Peter Buhr

Document Summary

In today"s labor market, competition for talent is increasing and those who do not have a solid process will find themselves struggling to meet the organization"s strategic goals and objectives. Strong, reliable and valid selection process is key. Selection begins when a pool of applicants has submitted their resumes or completed applications as a result of the recruiting process. Firms must ensure selection is are free of both intentional and systemic discrimination, bias-free and do not have adverse impact on members of the designated groups. Not always possible to have large, qualified pool to select applicants out of. Multiple hurdle strategy an approach to selection involving a series of successive steps or hurdles, only candidates clearing the hurdle are permitted to move onto the next step. Designing effective selection process: the number of steps and their sequence vary among organizations, decide who will be involved in the process and develop selection criteria, specify musts and wants and weight the wants.