Personnel Selection Development

Personnel Selection Development

W3-8576 Assignment

Personnel Selection Process Development

The personnel selection process has several critical steps, including some that are done before the recruitment of applicants (Billikopf, 2003). They are as follows: determining the type/number of employees needed; performing a job analysis to develop a job description with specified knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs); and then prioritizing the KSAs identified. Once the preparatory work is complete, a recruitment strategy to attract an appropriate applicant pool is needed. The formal selection process is outlined to include identifying potential selection tools; preparing questions for interviews; developing a means to assess KSAs; and performing reference, background, and drug checks. In addition, the determination should be made whether a hurdle approach is to be used to successively reduce the applicant pool before finally making a selection decision.

It is at that point that the actual selection process is executed. This may include reviewing applications, checking references, and conducting interviews and tests. The final step is to evaluate the applicants relative to the criteria determined in the job analysis and make a hiring decision. This entire process must be conducted within legal and ethical guidelines while working to meet organizational objectives (Billikopf, 2003).

For this Assignment, review the job listings posted in the Human Resources department of Greenway Inc. Consider the type of personnel selection assessments you might choose based on each of the job types presented.

Develop and submit a personnel selection process document.

Your process document should do the following:

Account for all three job types presented in the media
Provide evidence of varied forms of validity by development, design, and analysis
Explain how you would include the following properties of personnel selection assessments:
Application/résumé
Pre-employment tests
Job interview(s)
Other (drug screening, credit check, etc.)
Describe the personnel selection assessments you selected
Explain your rationale for the assessments selected based upon on their organizational benefits
Explain any ethical and legal implications of your personnel selection process and how you might address them
Include an APA reference list and appropriate APA citations

Rferences

Barrick, M. R., & Zimmerman, R. D. (2005). Reducing voluntary, avoidable turnover through selection. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90(1), 150–166.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Cascio, W. F., & Aguinis, H. (2008b). Research in industrial and organizational psychology from 1963 to 2007: Changes, choices, and trends. Journal of Applied Psychology. 93(5), 1062–1081.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
International Test Commission. (2010). ITC guidelines on adapting tests. Retrieved from http://www.intestcom.org/Guidelines/Adapting+Tests.php
Le, H., Oh, I.-S., Shaffer, J., & Schmidt, F. (2007). Implications of methodological advances for the practice of personnel selection: How practitioners benefit from meta-analysis. Academy of Management Perspectives, 21(3), 6–15.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Ryan, A. M., Sacco, J. M., McFarland, L. A., & Kriska, S. D. (2000). Applicant self-selection: Correlates of withdrawal from a multiple hurdle process. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(2), 163–179.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Slaughter, J. E., Bagger, J., & Li, A. (2006). Context effects on group-based employee selection decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 100, 47–59.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Media

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2013c). Job applicants [Interactive media]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2013b). Introduction to Greenway Inc.[Interactive media]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/P…

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Personnel selection is the meticulous process of placing individuals into job positions. The process of selection follows well laid out steps to collect information about an individual to determine if he or she should be employed or not (Potosky,2008). Immediately the employer identifies the technical skills and job attributes he or she is looking for in a new employee, then he/she should consider the most effective way to categorize and assess these in candidates.

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