Hiring Success : The Art and Science of Staffing Assessment and Employee Selection
Steven T. Hunt
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : : Wiley, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (305 p.)
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| Utgave | 2nd ed.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Hiring Success: The Art and Science of Staffing Assessment and Employee Selection; Contents; List of Sidebars, Tables, and Figures; Author's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; WHAT INFORMATION IS THE BOOK BASED ON?; ASSESSMENTS: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE; Chapter Two: What Staffing Assessments Measure, Why They Work, and When to Use Them; WHAT DO ASSESSMENTS MEASURE?; WHY DO ASSESSMENTS WORK?; WHEN IS IT USEFUL TO USE STAFFING ASSESSMENTS?; CONCLUDING REMARKS: WHY ASSESSMENTS WORK; Chapter Three: Different Types of Staffing Assessments. - CATEGORIZING ASSESSMENTS BASED ON HOW THEY COLLECT CANDIDATE INFORMATIONPHYSICAL EXAMS; INVESTIGATIONS; INTERVIEWS; RESUME SCREENS; SELF-REPORT MEASURES; KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY TESTS; SITUATIONAL MEASURES; BEHAVIORAL VERSUS DIRECT ASSESSMENTS; CONCLUDING REMARKS: DIFFERENT TYPES OF ASSESSMENTS; Chapter Four: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Staffing Assessments; HOW ASSESSMENTS WORK; ASSESSMENT VALIDITY: HOW TO DETERMINE HOW WELL AN ASSESSMENT IS WORKING; CONCLUDING REMARKS: CHOOSING WHAT ASSESSMENTS TO USE; Chapter Five: Defining Job Performance and Its Relationship to Assessments. - CRITICISM 5: STAFFING ASSESSMENTS ARE AN UNFAIR WAY TO EVALUATE PEOPLECRITICISM 6: STAFFING ASSESSMENTS ARE OFFENSIVE TO CANDIDATES; CRITICISM 7: STAFFING ASSESSMENTS ADD TOO MUCH TIME TO THE HIRING PROCESS; CONCLUDING REMARKS: SHOULD COMPANIES USE STAFFING ASSESSMENTS?; Chapter Seven: Choosing Among Different Assessment Methods; METHOD 1. NO STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT: START AT THE BOTTOM AND WORK UP; METHOD 2. SELF-REPORT PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONNAIRES: THE VALUE OF STRUCTURE; METHOD 3. APPLICANT INVESTIGATIONS: AVOIDING CATASTROPHIC HIRING MISTAKES. - METHOD 10. CONTEXT-SPECIFIC SELF-REPORT MEASURES: ASKING CANDIDATES TO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES IN GREATER DETAIL. - METHOD 4. STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS: MAXIMIZING TIME SPENT WITH CANDIDATESMETHOD 5. BROAD SELF-REPORT AND SITUATIONAL JUDGMENT MEASURES: ASKING CANDIDATES FOR GREATER LEVELS OF SELF-DESCRIPTION; METHOD 6. BROAD KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TESTS: TESTING BASIC JOB REQUIREMENTS; METHOD 7. BROAD ABILITY TESTS: GETTING A GENERAL SENSE OF CANDIDATES' ABILITY TO LEARN AND SOLVE PROBLEMS; METHOD 8. INTEGRATING BROAD SELF-REPORT MEASURES, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TESTS, AND ABILITY TESTS: PREDICTING MAXIMAL AND TYPICAL PERFORMANCE; METHOD 9. LOCALIZED SCORING: ACCURATELY INTERPRETING CANDIDATE RESPONSES. - STEP 1. IDENTIFY KEY PERFORMANCE OUTCOMESSTEP 2. USE JOB ANALYSIS TO DEFINE AND DESCRIBE CRITICAL EMPLOYEE BEHAVIORS; STEP 3. CHOOSE AN EFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT; STEP 4. APPROPRIATELY COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING ASSESSMENT DATA; Chapter Six: Common Criticisms of Staffing Assessments; CRITICISM 1: STAFFING ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT VERY ACCURATE; CRITICISM 2: STAFFING ASSESSMENTS CAN BE FAKED BY APPLICANTS; CRITICISM 3: STAFFING ASSESSMENTS ARE NOT WORTH THE COST REQUIRED TO USE THEM; CRITICISM 4: STAFFING ASSESSMENTS POSE A LEGAL RISK. - Hiring Success is a comprehensive guide for using staffing assessments to hire the best employees. Research-based, but written in easy-to-understand terms, the book explains what staffing assessments are, why they work, and how to use them. Hiring Success is an important resource for improving the accuracy and efficiency of hiring selection decisions and effectively incorporating assessments into any company's staffing process.
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| ISBN | 0787996483. - 9780787996482
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