Once the Recruiting Process Has Attracted a Pool of Applicants

question 186

Multiple Choice

Once the recruiting process has attracted a pool of applicants, the next step is to select someone to hire. The intent of the selection process is to gather information from applicants that will predict their job success. The organization can only gather information about factors that are predictive of future performance. This process is called

• A) psychological profiling.
• B) screening.
• C) job specification.
• D) validation.
• E) none of these.

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Definitions:

Placebo Control Group

In research, a group of participants that receives an inert substance or treatment to compare against the effects of the actual drug or intervention being tested.

Inactive Treatment

A treatment or therapy that lacks active components, often used as a control condition in experimental research to assess the efficacy of treatments.

Daily Check-ins

The practice of regularly reviewing one's feelings, tasks, or wellness, often used for maintaining mental health or team productivity.

Internal Validity

Extent to which all factors that could extraneously affect a study’s results are controlled within a laboratory study.