ADM 2337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Performance Appraisal, Graduate Management Admission Test, Essential Selection

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Administration
• Course: ADM 2337
• Professor: Catherine Elliott

Document Summary

Selection: the process of choosing among qualified individuals who have been recruited to fill existing or projected job openings. Quality of human resources determines organizational performance. Results of a job analysis: job description, job specifications (ksao"s for success) Candidates not meeting essential selection criteria are eliminated first. Candidates who most closely match the job specifications are given further consideration. Use of technology increasingly popular to assist with the initial screening process. Sometimes a screening interview (phone); internet checks; video resumes; application form, etc. Weighted application blank (wab): responses weighted based on statistical relation to job performance. Biographical information blank (bib)/ biodata test: biographical data predictive of job performance success is scored. Interviewer training: practice makes perfect, beware of perceptual biases, see 10 ground rules for employer interviews (pg. 209) Background checks: 90% of employers previous employment history, academic qualifications, criminal record and credit ranking.