HROB 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Word Processor, Criminal Record, Qualified Privilege

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Human Resources and Organizational Behaviour
• Course: HROB 2100
• Professor: Saad Hossain

Document Summary

The process of choosing individuals to fill job openings. The strategic importance of selection: quality of human resources determines organizational performance. Inappropriate selection decisions are costly: significant legal implications. Selection ratio: the ratio of the number of applicants hired to the total number of applicants. An approach to selection involves 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, specify musts and wants and weight the wants, develop evaluation form, develop interview questions, develop candidate-specific questions. Initial screening is performed by hr department: preliminary application screening. Candidates not meeting selection criteria are eliminated. Remaining candidates matching the job specifications are given further consideration. Use of technology is becoming increasingly popular: selection testing. Screening device used by approx. two-thirds of canadian organizations. Assesses specific job-related skills, general intelligence, personality characteristics, mental abilities, interests and preferences. Efficient, standardized methods for screening large numbers for applicants.