【Mostemployerssaythattheywishtoemploytherightpersonfortherightjob.ArecentreportbyBritain’sIndependentInstituteofManpowerStudieshoweverdisagreeswiththis.Thereportstatesthatmostemployerswishtoavoidemploy】
Mostemployerssaythattheywishtoemploytherightpersonfortherightjob.ArecentreportbyBritain’sIndependentInstituteofManpowerStudieshoweverdisagreeswiththis.Thereportstatesthatmostemployerswishtoavoidemployingthewrongperson.Ratherthanlookingfortherightpersontheyarelookingforapplicantstoturndown.
ThereportalsosuggeststhatinBritainandinmanyotherpartsoftheworldtheselectionmethodsusedtopickouttherightpersonforthejobcertainlydonotmatchuptothoseusedtojudgeapieceofnewequipment.Employersusedthreemainselectionmethods:interviewingcheckingresumeorapplicationformsandexaminingreferences.Mostoftheemployersaskedinthissurveystatedthattheseselectionmethodswereusedmoreforweedingoutunsuitableapplicantsratherthanforfindingsuitableones.
Interviewswereconsideredtobemorereliablethaneitherresumechecksorreferencesfrompastemployers.Researchhoweverprovesotherwise.Interviewers’decisionsareoftenstronglyinfluencedbytheirearlierjudgmentofthewrittenapplication.Alsodifferentemployersviewfactsdifferently.Onemayconsiderapplicantswhohavefrequentlychangedjobsaspeoplewithbroadandusefulexperience.Anotherwillseesuchapplicantsasunreliableandunlikelytostayforlonginthenewjob.
Someemployersplacegreatimportanceonacademicqualificationswhereasthelinkbetweenthisandsuccessinmanagementisnotnecessarilystrong.Someemployersusehandwritingasastandard.Thereportstatesthatthereislittleevidencetosupportthevalueoftheletterforjudgingworkingability.Referencesalsoaresometimesunreliableastheyarenotveryimportantwhilechecksoncreditandsecurityrecordsandapplicants’politicalopinionsareoftentheopposite.
Thereportismorefavorabletowardstrainabilitytestsandthosewhichtestpersonalityandpersonalandmentalskills.Thereportconcludesbysuggestingthatinterviewingcouldbecomemorereliableifthequestionswerearrangedinacarefulorganizedsystemandfocusedontheneedsoftheemployingorganization.
1.Accordingtothepassagewhenmostemployerswanttohireworkers.
A.theywilltrytofindsuitablepeople
B.theywillloo

