Human Resource Management Fifteenth Edition Chapter Employee Testing and Selection Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Learning Objectives (1 of 2) 6-1 Answer the question: Why is it important to test and select employees? 6-2 Explain what is meant by reliability and validity Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Learning Objectives (2 of 2) 6-3 List and briefly describe the basic categories of selection tests, with examples 6-4 Explain how to use two work simulations for selection 6-5 Describe four ways to improve an employer’s background checking process Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved I Answer the question: Why is it important to test and select employees? Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Why Employee Selection Is Important • Performance • Cost • Legal obligations • Person and job/organization fit Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved II Explain what is meant by reliability and validity Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved The Basic of Testing and Selecting Employees • Reliability • Validity – – – Criterion validity Content validity Construct validity Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Test Reliability • Reliability- is a selection tool’s first requirement It is defined as the consistency of scores obtained by the same person when retested with the identical tests or with alternate forms of the same test Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved What Can Cause a Test to be Unreliable? • physical conditions • differences in the test taker • differences in test administration • the questions may a poor job of sampling the material Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Reliability Coefficient Figure 6-1 Test Score Correlation Examples Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Background Investigations and Other Selection Method Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Why Perform Background Investigations and Reference Checks? Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Know Your Employment Law (2 of 2) Giving References Let’s take a look… Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved How to Check a Candidates Background? Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Trends Shaping HR: Digital and Social Media (2 of 2) Digital Tools - Background Checks Let’s talk about it… Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Using Pre-employment Information Services Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Making the Background Check More Valuable Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved The Polygraph and Honesty Testing • Meet Standards • Written Honest Test • Testing for Honesty Guidelines Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Graphology Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved “Human Lie Detectors” Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Physical Exams Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Substance Abuse Screening and Drug Testing Legal Issues Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Comply with Immigration Law Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Chapter Review What you should now know… Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Copyright Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved ... job/organization fit Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved II Explain what is meant by reliability and validity Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education,... Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Bias Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Utility Analysis Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013... Why is it important to test and select employees? 6-2 Explain what is meant by reliability and validity Copyright © 2017, 2015, 2013 Pearson Education, Inc All Rights Reserved Learning Objectives