ADMS 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Personnel Selection

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2600
• Professor: Anne Chow

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After studying this chapter, you should be able to: overview of the selection process. Selection: the process of choosing individuals who have relevant qualifications to fill existing or projected job openings. Selection considerations: person-job fit, person-organization fit, begin with a job analysis. Obtaining reliable and valid information: reliability: the degree to which interviews, tests, and other selection procedures yield comparable data over time, validity: the degree to which a test or selection procedure measures a perso(cid:374)"s attributes. Initial screening: cover letters and r sum s, application forms, online applications, employment interviews. Nondirective interview: an interview in which the applicant is allowed the maximum amount of freedom in determining the course of the discussion, while the interviewer carefully refrains from i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)ci(cid:374)g the applica(cid:374)t"s re(cid:373)arks. Structured interview: an interview in which a set of standardized questions with an established set of answers is used, employment interviews.