New trends in selection

Recent trends in selection

• Selection by invitation
• Employee leasing
• 360 degree selection programme
• Assessment Centres
 Assessment Centre
• A process by which a number of assessment techniques are used
to assess candidates' suitability for a position. An ideal
assessment centre will comprise of:
1- Structured interview
2- Psychometric testing
3- Behavioral Simulation exercise such as: In-tray, Presentation
Analysis, Group Discussion, Fact Finding ..... etc.

• Any assessment centre should be based on a predefined set of

criteria or competencies.
• Assessment Centres contain more than one way for you to display
your skills to an employer
• Selection of assessment instruments depends on job need as well
as organizational need analysis. Generally, a number of assessors
are involved in evaluating the candidate or candidates in order to
avoid subjectivity & bias.
• A small group uses sewing machines, working at stitching two squares of
material together to make a pocket shape.
• A manager sits at a computer terminal, tapping in responses to a series of
personality questions.
• A middle-aged woman completes a series of questions about her preferences
for different types of work activity.
• Sixty students, all due to graduate in a few months’ time, are arrayed in a hotel
conference suite, which is set out like an examination hall. Under the watchful
eyes of a group of administrators they solve problems in verbal reasoning.
• A scientist studies a long series of numbers and then tries to reproduce them in
reverse order.

• All of these people are undertaking psychometric tests. Psychometrics literally

means mental measurement, and psychometric tests or instruments are
measurement devices. The measurement is used to gain understanding of an
individual so as to be able to predict behaviour and provide a basis for future
action.
• Stitching the square of material neatly and accurately will
be seen as evidence of ability to train as a machinist in
the garment industry.
• A consultant will write a report on the manager, advising
a client as to whether he or she will fit in with a
management team.
• The middle-aged woman will spend time with a counselor
who will use her responses to help guide her decisions
about a change of career.
• Some of the students will be invited on to another stage
of selection and a few will be asked to join the graduate
programme of a major multinational.
• If the scientist can repeat the numbers accurately and
performs well on a variety of other tasks he will be
selected for work conducting experiments in a biosphere.
 Benefits from applications of
Psychometrics
• maximizing an organization’s performance by improving accuracy of selection;

• improving employee retention by better matching individuals to jobs;

• avoiding the financial and personal costs associated, on both sides, with poor
recruitment decisions;

• optimizing the use of people’s capacities by helping focus development

activity;

• achieving better career management by matching individual aspirations to

their organization’s opportunities.
 Orientation
• Process to introduce new employees to
organization
• Familiarization
Familiarize new employee to
to Organization job
and itsand work
Values
unit
• Help employee to understand
Improved Success On the values,
Job
beliefs, and acceptable behaviours
Minimizes Turnover
 DOT – Dictionary of Occupational
Titles
• Federal Index of Occupations listed by
standardizes code.
• It describes people, data & things
associated with different jobs.
• 33 Knowledge areas
• 46 Skills
• 36 Cross functional skills and comparison
 Emotion Test
• 1. Do you feel guilty if you cry in public?
2. Do you think crying is a sign of weakness?
3. Do you think men and boys should be encouraged to hide their tears?
4. Do you feel embarrassed if you find yourself crying while watching a film
or reading a book?
5. Would you try to hold back your tears if you were attending a funeral?
6. Would you distrust a politician who shed tears in public?
7. Do you think that tears are an unnecessary expression of emotion?
8. Do you always try to hide your disappointment?
9. Do you get embarrassed if you see grown men crying?
10. Would you pretend that you had something in your eyes if you were
unexpectedly discovered crying?
11. Do you always try to hide your anger?
• 12. Do you tend to brood about things which make you angry?
13. Does your temper even get out of control?
14. Has your temper even got you in trouble?
15. Do you believe that it does you good to get rid of your anger?
16. Would you allow someone to comfort you if you were crying?
17. Do you get cross quite easily?
18. Do you touch someone you love at least once a day?
19. Do you enjoy physical signs of affection?
20. Do you ever get broody when you see small babies?
21. Would you happily hold hands in public with someone you cared for?
22. Do you enjoy being massaged?
23. Do you regularly tell those whom you love how you feel?
24. Have you ever had a pet of which you were very fond?
25. Do you enjoy being kissed and hugged by people you love?
26. Do you ever laugh out loud when you are watching funny films?
27. Do you ever tap your feet while listening to Music?
28. Do you often have the last clap at concerts, sports events and the like?
29. Do you ever shout encouragement to sports or TV heroes?
30. Can you remember when you last really laughed and enjoyed yourself?
 Evaluation and Analysis
• For 1 – 11, every 'no' answer, for 12 – 30, every 'yes' answer, add 1
• Score 17 to 30
Your attitude towards your emotions is a healthy one. You aren't
ashamed to let your emotions show occasionally, and you will
undoubtedly be much healthier because of this attitude. You are likely
to be a good social advisor.
• Score 8 to 16
You know how to let your emotions show but you still find it difficult
to do so as often as you should. You should be prepared to let your
emotions out more often. When you feel sad let yourself cry, when
you feel angry, let your anger show, when you feel happy allow a
smile to cross your face. Allowing your emotions out in this way will
do wonders to your physical and mental health.
• Score 7 or less
You are definitely very uptight. You really do need to allow your
emotions flow out a little. There isn't any thing really wrong in
allowing people to know how you feel.
 Personality Test -What others perceive about you
• 1. When do you feel your best?
a. In the morning
b. During the afternoon and early evening
c. Late at night
2. You usually walk
a. Fairly fast, with long steps
b. Fairly fast, with short, quick steps
c. Less fast, head up, looking the world in the face
d. Less fast, head down
e. Very slowly
3. When talking to people you
a. Stand with your arms folded
b. Have your hands clasped
c. Have one or both your hands on your hips
d. Touch or push the person to whom you are talking
e. Play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair
• 4. When relaxing, you sit with
a. Your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
b. Your legs crossed
c. Your legs stretched out or straight
d. One leg curled under you
5. When something really amuses you, you react with
a. A big, appreciative laugh
b. A laugh, but not a loud one
c. A quiet chuckle
d. A sheepish smile

• 6. When you go to a party or social gathering you

a. Make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
b. Make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
c. Make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

• 7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted. Do you..
a. Welcome the break
b. Feel extremely irritated
c. Vary between these two extremes
• 8. Which of the following colors do you like most?
a. Red or orange
b. Black
c. Yellow or light blue
d. Green
e. Dark blue or purple
f. White
g. Brown or gray
9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep, you lie
a. Stretched out on your back
b. Stretched out face down on your stomach
c. On your side, slightly curled
d. With your head on one arm
e. With your head under the covers
10. You often dream that you are
a. Falling
b. Fighting or struggling
c. Searching for something or somebody
d. Flying or floating
e. You usually have dreamless sleep
f. Your dreams are always pleasant
Points:   a b c d e f g
1 2 4 6        
2 6 4 7 2 1    
3 4 2 5 7 6    
4 4 6 2 1      
5 6 4 3 5      
6 6 4 2        
7 6 2 4        
8 6 7 5 4 3 2 1
9 7 6 4 2 1    
10 4 2 3 5 6 1  
 Personality test
• Over 60 points: Others see you as someone they should
"handle with care" You're seen as vain, self-centered, and
who is extremely dominant. Others may admire you,
wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust
you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.
• 51 to 60 points: Others see you as an exciting, highly
volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader,
who's quick to make decisions, though not always the
right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome,
someone who will try anything once; someone who takes
chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in
your company because of the excitement you radiate.
 Personality test
• 41 to 50 points: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming,
amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's
constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-
balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as
kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always
cheer them up and help them out.
• 31 to 40 points: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful
and practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but
modest...Not a person who makes friends too quickly or
easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do
make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who
really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust
in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get
over it if that trust is ever broken.
 Personality test
• 21 to 30 points: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They
see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady
plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something
impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine
everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide
against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful
nature.
• Under 21 points: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive,
someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else
to make the decisions and who doesn't want to get involved with
anyone or anything. They see you as a worrier who always sees
problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only
those who know you well know that you aren't.
 Personality tests
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