Recruitment and Selection in Business and Industry [microform] : Learning from the Private Sector Theory and Practice / Maria D. Munoz and Marco A. Munoz
- Bib ID:
- 5693963
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Munoz, Maria D
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED466995
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1999
- 10 p.
- Summary:
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Recruitment and selection practices in the private sector were examined through a literature review to identify strategies that human resource (HR) departments can use in designing new employee recruitment and selection processes or improving existing processes. The following were among the findings: (1) new employees recruited by using informal sources of recruitment such as employee referrals, rehires, and self-initiated walk-ins had a greater job survival within the organization than did new employees recruited through formal sources such as newspapers, radio advertisements, and posters; (2) small businesses tended to use more informal and unstructured recruitment and selection mechanisms than large organizations do; (3) job applicants did not have an adverse reaction toward organizations that administer personality inventories provided the inventories are applied in combination with ability tests during employee selection procedures; (4) different organizations preferred different selection strategies depending on the relative value they put on performance and minority representation at the organization; (5) for most positions requiring a college degree, organizations preferred hiring experienced people rather than new graduates; (6) some recruiters allowed personal biases to influence their selection decisions; and (7) female recruiters tended to evaluate female applicants more positively than male applicants, whereas male recruiters' evaluations were not influenced by sex similarities. (Contains 17 references.) (MN)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Training and Development (Atlanta, GA, May 22-27, 1999).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Attitudes
- College Graduates
- Comparative Analysis
- Employment Opportunities
- Employment Practices
- Guidelines
- Information Sources
- Job Applicants
- Labor Force Development
- Literature Reviews
- Minority Groups
- Occupational Tests
- Organization Size (Groups)
- Personality Measures
- Personnel Management
- Personnel Selection
- Private Sector
- Recruitment
- Sex Bias
- Small Businesses
- Theory Practice Relationship
- Human Resource Specialists
- Recruiter Role
- Other authors/contributors:
- Munoz, Marco A, author
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1999
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