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Sunday, October 19, 2008

PERSONEL SELECTION PROCESS

Personnel selection is the process used to hire (or, less commonly, promote) individuals. Although the term can apply to all aspects of the process (recruitment, selection, hiring, acculturation, etc.) the most common meaning focuses on the selection of workers.



The professional standards of industrial psychologists require that any selection system be based on a job analysis to ensure that the selection criteria are job-related. The requirements for a selection system are knowledge, skills, ability, and other characteristics, known as KSAO's. U.S. law also recognizes bona fide occupational qualifications (BFOQs) which are KSAOs which are truly required for successful performance (as opposed to requirements that are included maliciously or through incompetence and which adversely discriminate against a protected demographic group (men, women, people of color, etc.)).


The goal of personnel selection, as all business processes, is to ensure an adequate return on investment. In the case of selection, this entails assurances that the productivity of the new hires produce more value than the costs of recruiting, selecting, and training them. Within industrial psychology, the area of utility analysis specifically addresses this issue.
Several screening methods exist that may be used in personnel selection. Examples include the use of minimum or desired qualifications, resume/application review, scored biodata instruments, oral interviews, work performance measures (e.g., writing samples), and tests (cognitive ability, personality, job knowledge).

COMMON PROCESS OF INTERVIEW

Interview Process

For the next day incoming interview, our mind is always searching for the things on what we suppose to do when times come. A lot of question in our mind needs an answer. On the contrary, the feeling of excitement is common to a job seekers. After spending plenty of times, days searching for a job vacancy from the newspapers classified ads, Internet, closed friends, etc; many hours of work just find out the job we are qualified for the position, its a full-time job looking for a successful job search campaign.

The interview is a critical step toward the goal of employment. We must prepare ourselves with the combination of physical appearance, personal and educational background, self-respect, attitudes, ability to communicate, speak standard English, (avoid slang expression and broken English). It is at the interview that the job is won or lost. The best test of any job search is the number of interviews you are offered. If you are consistently being interviewed, you should expect job offers. If you are not getting interviews, you need to reevaluate your job search strategy.

An employment interview is simply a meeting between you and a potential employer to discuss your qualifications and see if there is a "fit." The employer wants to verify what they know about you and talk about your qualifications. If you have been called for an interview, you can assume that the employer is interested in you. The employer has a need that you may be able to meet. It is your goal to identify that need and convince the employer that you are the one for the job.
Interviews can be stressful, but when you are well prepared there is no reason to panic. Your overall impact is how you present yourself in totality the way you answer questions. The interviewer may ask you questions which means to test your decision -making skills, so be ready to answer questions. An interview generally lasts from 30 to 60 minutes and most questions fall into standard categories.