Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection

This book highlights the best practice aspects of recruitment and selection based on professional research. It discusses the practical considerations important when implementing recruitment and selection processes, and utilizes leading edge methods developed in the field not reported elsewhere.

Robert Wood is the author of Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection, published by Wiley.

Tim Payne is the author of Competency-Based Recruitment and Selection, published by Wiley.

Series Editor's preface

xi

(4)

Acknowledgements

xv

(2)

Introduction

xvii

1. The context for recruitment and selection

1

(18)

Seven themes impacting on recruitment and selection

1

(6)

Five predictions for the future of recruitment and selection

7

(10)

Summary

17

(1)

References

18

(1)

2. Competencies: nothing new under the sun

19

(20)

The starting point -- what do we want to measure?

20

(1)

What are competencies?

21

(1)

The purposes of competencies

21

(2)

Boyatzis and the birth of competencies

23

(3)

Modern competency frameworks

26

(3)

Challenges to the competency movement

29

(3)

Problems relating to recruitment and selection

32

(1)

Summary

33

(5)

References

38

(1)

3. Designing the selection process as a whole

39

(16)

The selection process as an entity

40

(1)

Bang for the buck

41

(1)

En bloc or sequenced?

42

(3)

Doesn't it go against common sense to use the least valid method first?

45

(3)

Planning the process

48

(2)

What actually happens in practice?

50

(3)

Summary

53

(1)

References

54

(1)

4. Attracting the right applicants (but not too many)

55

(16)

Managing your applicant pool

57

(8)

Advertisements

65

(2)

Summary

67

(2)

References

69

(2)

5. Application form design and sifting

71

(22)

The applications avalanche and how to cope

72

(1)

The application form: second most influential selection tool

73

(1)

Competency-based application forms

74

(7)

Biodata

81

(3)

CVs

84

(1)

Fairness in the application process

85

(1)

Summary

86

(5)

References

91

(2)

6. Competency-based interviewing I: Principles

93

(14)

Everyone uses interviews

94

(1)

Different types of interview

94

(6)

Fairness and the interview

100

(3)

Summary

103

(1)

References

104

(3)

7. Competency-based interviewing II: Practice

107

(20)

Objectives

108

(1)

Preparation

109

(1)

Questioning

110

(3)

Rapport

113

(3)

Structure

116

(1)

Taking notes

117

(1)

Marking the interview

117

(1)

Summary

118

(9)

8. Psychometrics and competency-based selection

127

(24)

What is psychometrics?

129

(5)

Operational issues around using psychometrics

134

(7)

Integrating psychometrics into competency frameworks

141

(5)

Feedback of test results and personality data

146

(1)

Summary

146

(1)

References

147

(4)

9. Assessment centres

151

(22)

History

152

(1)

Assessment centre use is growing

152

(1)

What an assessment centre is

153

(2)

What is good about assessment centres

155

(2)

Some possible fault lines

157

(4)

The key stages in the design of an assessment centre

161

(7)

Summary

168

(3)

References

171

(2)

10. Decision making and evaluation

173

(20)

Decisions, decisions...

174

(1)

The first decision -- based on single or multiple sources of evidence?

175

(1)

The second decision -- made by people or equations?

176

(3)

The third decision -- using combined or separate evidence?

179

(5)

Conclusion

184

(1)

Feedback

185

(1)

Evaluation

186

(1)

Monitoring

187

(1)

Summary

188

(3)

References

191

(2)

Index

193

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