Personnel Selection

Old and New Selection Methods: "We've Always Done It this Way." Job Description and Job Analysis: "If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll End Up Somewhere Else." The Interview: "I Know One When I See One." References and Ratings: "The Eye of the Beholder." Weighted Application Blanks and Biodata: "How Old Were You When You Learned to Swim?" Tests of Mental Ability: "Information From Behind the Wall of Ignorance and Censorship?" Personality Tests: "Total Awareness of Bottom Line Vitality". Assessment Centres: "Does Your Face Fit?" Work Samples and Other Methods: "Education, Work Samples, Physique and Self-Ratings." Validity: "How Do You Know It Works?" Criteria of Productivity: "We Don't Know What We're Doing, But We're Doing It Very Carefully and Hope You are Pleased with Our Unintelligent Diligence." Minorities, "Fairness" and the Law: "Getting the Numbers Right." The Value of Good Employees: "The Best is Twice as Good as the Worst." Conclusions: "Calculating the Cost of Smugness." References. Indexes.