9.1 Effective Selection and Placement Strategies
Key Takeaways
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Identify why a good job description benefits both the employer and the applicant.
Learn how company culture can be used in selecting new employees.
Know the advantages and disadvantages of personnel testing.
Recognize some of the considerations in international staffing and placement.
Effective selection and placement means finding and hiring the right employees for your organization and then putting them into the jobs for which they are best suited. Providing an accurate and complete job description is a key step in the selection process.
In our increasingly global economy, managers need to decide between using expatriates and hiring locals when staffing international locations.
An important determination is whether the candidate’s personality is a good fit for the company’s culture. Interviewing is a common selection method. Situational interviews ask candidates to describe how they handled specific situations in the past (experience-based situational interviews) and how they would handle hypothetical questions in the future (future-oriented situational interviews). Other selection tools include cognitive tests, personality inventories, and behavioral-traits assessments. Specific personalities may be best suited for positions that require sales, teamwork, or entrepreneurship, respectively.
阅读材料：Strategies for effective international recruiting
课件分享：International recruitment and selection strategies
课后思考：FOOD FOR THOUGHT
What kind of information would you include in a job description?
Do you think it is important to hire employees who fit into the company culture? Why or why not?
List questions that you would ask in a future-oriented situational interview.
What requirements must personnel tests meet?
If you were hiring to fill a position overseas, how would you go about selecting the best candidate?
