Human Resource
...ous investments made in recruiting, selecting, training, and developing its current employees for past performance and send a signal to other employees that their future efforts will pay off. Although potential candidates from outside sources should be considered in order to prevent inbreeding of ideas and attitudes. 4. Most civil service examinations, for example are used to determine whether an applicant possesses the information and understanding that will permit placement on the job with out further training. Work sample test require the applicant to perform tasks that actually part of the work required for the job. Like job knowledge test, work sample test are constructed from a carefully developed outline that experts agree includes the major functions; the tests are thus considered content-valid. 6. It can be unstructured, wherein the interviewer is free to pursue whatever approached and sequence of topics might seem appropriate. Alternatively, an interview can be structured. Some interviews are situational and can focus on hypothetical situations or actual behavioral descriptions. 7. By recruiting from within, an organization can capitalize on previous investments made in recruiting, selecting,...