A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice

● make judgements on the basis of the factual information you have obtained about candidates’ experience and attributes in relat ...

Selection tests Selection tests are used to provide more valid and reliable evidence of levels of intel- ligence, personality ch ...

individual abilities or characteristics. They are used to enable selectors to gain a greater understanding of individuals so tha ...

● Content validity– the extent to which the test is clearly related to the characteristics of the job or role for which it is be ...

and measure personality characteristics, interests, values or behaviour. With ques- tionnaires, a high or low score signifies th ...

● agreeableness– courteous, cooperative, likeable, tolerant; or rude, uncooperative, hostile, intolerant; ● conscientiousness– h ...

procedure, they (psychometric tests) can be used well or badly. But it would be foolish to dismiss all the evidence of the value ...

INTERPRETING TEST RESULTS The two main methods of interpreting test results are the use of norms and the normal curve. Norms Tes ...

CHOOSING TESTS It is essential to choose tests that meet the four criteria of sensitivity, standardization, reliability and vali ...

is adding extra tests just for the sake of it, without ensuring that they make a proper contribution to the success of the predi ...

Introduction to the organization It is important to ensure that care is taken over introducing people to the organization throug ...

WHY TAKING CARE ABOUT INDUCTION IS IMPORTANT Induction is important for the reasons given below. Reducing the cost and inconveni ...

relationship, and the more this can be clarified from the outset, the better. Induction arrangements can indicate what the organ ...

● Set a reporting time, which will avoid the risk of the starter turning up before the reception or office staff arrive. ● Train ...

● restaurant and canteen facilities; ● social and welfare arrangements; ● telephone calls and correspondence; ● rules for using ...

The detailed induction is probably best carried out by the immediate team leader, who should have five main aims: ● to put the n ...

or whole day during the first week. If a lot of information is to be conveyed, supple- mentary half or one-day courses may be he ...

● job or skills analysis to prepare a learning specification; ● an initial assessment of what the new starter needs to learn; ● ...

Release from the organization GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS The employment relationship may be ended voluntarily by someone moving else ...

management and supervision) and ‘downsizing’ (another euphemism) or even ‘right-sizing’ (a yet more egregious euphemism). The in ...