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EMPLOYEE TESTING AND SELECTION
Whenever any organization makes any strategic objective, the role of HR manager
is very important as it has many different demands, it is the sole responsibility of
HR manager to understand the objective of the strategy and then decide what the
requirement of the strategic objective is. If there is no HR manager in any
business then it is very much difficult for any business to run on long term. HR is
the department which fulfill the need of the company regarding many things.
While hiring any employee careful selection of employee Is very much important
because it can effect organization negatively if the wrong or not very munch
suitable employee is hired for any specific job. The importance careful selection
has its impact on organizational performance, costs of hiring and recruiting and
legal obligations and liability.
Before any selection or recruitment the main thing to test is employment testing.
It is the process of employment testing through written oral or other tests as to
finding out the suitability or desirability of a job applicant. This test relates with
job performance because it tests the skills of an employee and it is also helpful for
an employer to select the right person for the right job. Basically there are many
different types of tests on the basis of employer can hire employee those are:
- Job knowledge tests (this test relates with how much knowledge an
employee has regarding his/her job)
- Integrity tests
- Personality tests (this test relates with the persons personality whether
he’s introvert or extrovert or whether his/her personality is suitable for the
job or not)
- Cognitive ability tests
- Emotional intelligence tests
- Skills test (this test relates with the persons skills of activities)
- Physical ability tests. (this test relates with the persons physical ability
whether he/she is physically able to perform the job or not)
The basic concepts of testing are:
RELIABILITY
Consistency of an applicant whether the applicant is consistent over the time
when retested or not.
VALIDITY
This indicated that actually what we want to measure is being measured by test
or not. There are different types of validity: Criterion validity, content validity,
face validity.
STEPS OF VALIDATING A TEST:
- The first step is to analyze the job and set the criteria of the job and what
kind of employees will be suitable for the job.
- The second step is to choose the measure of testing.
- The third step is to administer the test or to predict the validation.
- The fourth step is to match the scores versus the employees performance
whether both matches or not.
- The last step is to revalidate means repeat third and fourth step with other
testing measures.
MAJOR TYPES OF TESTS
There are three major types of tests:
BASIC SKILL TESTS
In this test employers tests the basic skills and activities of an applicant which
includes extra-curricular activities.
JOB SKILLS TESTS
In this test employers tests the skills in the applicant related to the job they
are applying for.
PHYSCOLOGICAL TESTS
In this test employers also tests the personality and different decision making
ideas of an applicants.
 Testing is important because through testing we can identify bad or dishonest
employees and also when our work demands increases we need more testing
to be done, it also reduces employees turnover. Tests can be also done online
through telephone, offline computer based tests, virtual inbox tests, online
problem solving tests.
While recruiting employees the employer select the applicant on the basis of
BIG FIVE:
- EXTRAVERSION (whether the employee is comfortable in talking to
everyone and socializing within the organization or not, extraversion
people thrive to carry more energy)
- CONSCIENTIOUSNESS ( the one who wishes to perform or work on time and
perfectly)
- AGREEABLENESS (the ability to agree on the other’s idea or suggestion)
- OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE (open towards new adventures or ideas)
- EMOTIONAL STABILITY/NEUROTICISM (emotionally stable)
Before hiring any employee it is important to do investigation check of an
employee such as
- Background check
- Reference check
- Driving records
- Criminal records