WGU C234 Workforce Planning:
Recruitment & Selection Topic 4 Already
Passed
What are valid reasons for using assessments? ✔✔To identify applicant aptitudes that cannot be
determined during the interview; more objecti
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WGU C234 Workforce Planning:
Recruitment & Selection Topic 4 Already
Passed
What are valid reasons for using assessments? ✔✔To identify applicant aptitudes that cannot be
determined during the interview; more objective data.
What is the first step of the selection process? ✔✔Review the job description.
What two pieces of information are critical when conducting an initial screening of applicants?
✔✔1. Job specifications (tasks & functions of the job). 2. Work experience.
Describe the following interviewing technique & benefit: structured or patterned. ✔✔Technique:
Asking a list of questions that are prepared in advance of each candidate.
Benefit: Increases defensibility of process.
Describe the following interviewing technique & benefit: situational. ✔✔Technique: Asking
questions that pose a possible scenario that could occur and how the candidate would handle it.
Benefit: Provides candidates a realistic preview of an occurrence on the job & helps to assess
KSA's.
Describe the following interviewing technique & benefit: non-directive. ✔✔Technique: Asking
questions in a fluid, unstructured way.
Benefit: Useful if the candidate will be in many unstructured situations in the job.
Describe the following interviewing technique & benefit: team. ✔✔Technique: Interview with
more than one interviewer.
Benefit: Encourages the new hire's acceptance into the organization.
What items can lead to discrimination if included on a job application? ✔✔1. Applicants' birth
dates may lead to age discrimination. 2. Asking for previous salary can unfairly stigmatize women
and minorities.
Define standardization. ✔✔A measure of how consistently the test is administered.
Define reliability. ✔✔A measure of the consistency of the test and/or testing procedures.
Define validity. ✔✔Whether a test actually tests what it is suppose to test (appropriate; relevant;
accurate).
Explain person/job fit. ✔✔How the applicant fits with the job for which the applicant is applying
for.
Explain person/organization fit. ✔✔How the applicant fits within the entire company.
What information can be tracked with HR information systems or with an applicant tracking
system? ✔✔Resumes, cover letters, dates of applications, & other steps in the hiring process.
How do HR information systems or applicant tracking systems benefit organizations? ✔✔1.Data
collection.
2. Data mining.
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