Instructions:
Employee selection and assessment is a dominant area of study and practice for I-O psychologists that has continuously been researched over the years. The first methods used for screening and selection were specifically designed to measure the mental abilities of enlisted men for placement in the Army. These methods were then expanded for use in organizations and new techniques and methods are being always being explored. Today, anyone who is hired for a job may be asked to provide a resume, complete a skills or personality assessment, or submit work samples and references in addition to an interview. This is an area of the employee experience that has changed immensely from the days when you walked into an office, filled out an application, and waited for a call if you met the minimum requirements. Today, organizational leaders have more information about their potential candidates than what we choose to put on our resume and may leaders have expanded their understanding of the benefits of grooming on the job versus hiring the “perfect candidate”.
Resources for this Assignment,
- Watch Video: Regina Hartley: Why the Best Hire May Not Have the Perfect Resume to an external site.
- Read two SIOP White Papers from the Assessment/Selection category – to an external site.
- Summarize how employee selection and assessment has evolved using specific examples from the video and what you read.
- Discuss what new techniques or methods have become more widely used for candidates to get noticed than just the traditional resume.
- Discuss what you see as the advantages and disadvantages if organizations only use conventional methods of assessment for hiring and evaluation.
- Suggest two ways in which I/O psychology can help improve employee selection procedures and performance evaluation based on experiences and incidences that you have had, seen, or heard about.
Format/Content Requirements: • The paper is to be 5-8 pages in length. The student will automatically lose points if these limits are not followed. • The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling. • Journal articles and books should be referenced according to APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual). • The work should be academic, written in academic voice and use at least 2 scholarly sources.
