HUMAN RESOURCES

MANAGEMENT
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The recruitment process ends with getting the candidates' resumes,

and then the selection process starts, which is to find the best right
person for a current or future job opening.
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Selection process steps:

1) Criteria development

• The standards that should be applied in the selection process to

ensure fairness and equality for all candidates, in addition to ensure
the selection of the real best right person for the job opening.

• Job analysis and job description serve as criteria for the selection
(education level, skills and abilities, technical experience,...)
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Selection process steps:

1) Criteria development

• Personality and cultural fit issues (long-term working, risk-taker,

working in a team,....).
• Applications or biographical information sheets provided by the
organization.
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Selection process steps:

2) Application and resume review

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Selection process steps:

2) Application and resume review

• Different methods could be employed, where some could make it

through listing candidates and rating them to determine who could
go ahead in the selection process.

• Others may depend on computer softwares (resume-scanning

softwares), which depends on keywords and candidates answers in
applications to rate and prioritize candidates.
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Selection process steps:

2) Application and resume review

• Advantages of resume-scanning softwares include time and effort

saving in reviewing a large volume of candidates’ resumes.
• Whereas cons include false positive and negative.

In all cases, you should avoid favoritism (e.g., internal vs. external
candidates)
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Selection process steps:

3) Interviewing
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Selection process steps:

3) Interviewing

• Determine types of interview(s)

• Write interview questions
• Be aware of interview bias
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Selection process steps:

3) Interviewing

• Determine types of interview(s)

• Traditional or in-person interview
• Telephone interview (usually used to narrow list of candidates for
in-person interviews)
• Panel interview (or team interview, when more than one person
interview the candidate)
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Selection process steps:

3) Interviewing

• Determine types of interview(s)

• Informational or informative interview
• Group interview
• Meal interview
• Video interview
• Nondirective (non-structured) interview