HRM 3470 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Job Sharing, 360-Degree Feedback, Regression Analysis

• School: York University
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM 3470
• Professor: Mark Podolsky

Document Summary

Conduct a review on job applicants: develop a long list of applicants, arrange visits to the company, conduct rjps, tests and interviews, identify leading candidates, complete background checks, and make hiring recommendations. Employment testing: a standardized procedure used to obtain a sample of a person"s behavior and to describe that behavior with the aid of some measurement: wide use of tests: schools, counselling centers, clinical settings and etc. In business it"s used to hire, promote, and to identify training needs: central requirement: is validity. Selection tests: drug test: lots of employees now tend to use drugs. Drug test is valid, reliable, has face validity, expensive, and supports legality: honesty test: tests honesty, integrity, work ethics and motivation. It"s legal and should only meet the professional and scientific standards but nothing personal. Both checks for confession of dishonest behavior & tolerance for dishonest behavior.