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This 3-page paper discusses testing during the job interview process. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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multi-staged interview process, referrals from colleagues and references from previous employers, and even a search of the Facebook page, to determine what the potential hires are really like.
Along these lines, testing is sometimes used as a tool to determine the suitability (or lack thereof) of a particular employee. Testing can be used
to determine everything from a particular skill set (such as a typing or dictation test) to a personality test (to ensure that the employee will fit in well with the
corporations culture). Needless to say, the business literature about employee testing is pretty broad in its support, or non-support, of testing as a
tool to select an ideal employee. Rust (2007) explains that, as the international economy grows, people are becoming "an increasingly important and costly organisational resource" (p. 24). As such, tests
can be used to help screen employees properly. However, he cautions, tests arent a magic bullet when it comes to the overall recruitment process - also needed are resumes, ratings
and interview tools (Rust, 2007). Rust also warns that the recruiter who is "test-crazy" is one who isnt seeing the big picture in the entire personnel situation.
Overman (2010) agrees, but cautions that "companies that know the differences between job-focused and culture-based personality tests . . . have a better chance of recruiting
employees who will contribute positively to the business . . ." (p. 22). This is highly important, as she points out; according to one of Overmans sources, a successful sales
person at IBM may be not quite so successful at Dell Inc., namely because the two cultures are so vastly different. As such, companies that rely on testing for recruitment
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