1. Selecting Employees To Fit
The Job And Organization
Fatemeh Hashemi

2. Selection
Selection is the process of choosing individuals who have relevant qualification
to fill jobs in an organization. It is a process of obtaining and using
information about job applicants to determine who should be hired for long
or short-term position in an organization.
Selection process is necessary when the number of available candidates for the
job open is more than the number of people to be hired. It is mean that if the
number of available candidates is only equals the number of peoples need,
there is not selection, the choice have already been made.
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3. Job fit & organization fit
Job fit seeks to match an individual’s abilities and interests with the demands of specific job. It is
help select employees who are the good fit in the specific job. For example some jobs require
detail work. In order to use job fit, manager reviews the list of job facets (competencies and
technical questions) and select the must important in the job.
Organization fit is concerned with how well the individual’s characteristics math the broader
culture, values, and norms of organization
Job and organization fit is extent to which job activities, responsibilities, and values associated
with the position are consistent with the type of environment that provides personal
satisfaction.
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4. Strategic importance in selection
Selection practices ensure that employees are:
• Capable of high productivity
• Motivated to stay with the organization for as long as the organization
wants to employ them
• Able to engage in behaviors that result in customer satisfaction
• Capable of implanting the strategy of the company.
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5. Strategic framework for employee selection
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6. The selection process Applicant comes
to organization
Reception
The selection process generally
involves several steps. Variation
on this basic process depend on Applicant completes Initial Screaming
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organizational size, nature of job Application Form Interview
to be filled, number of people to
be select, and pressure of outside
forces such as a equal employee
opportunity considerations. The Testing In Depth Selection
Interview
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typical selection process starts
when applicant comes to No match
organization until job offer.
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Job Offer
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7. The selection process
1. Reception
2. Initial screening interview
3. Application forms
4. Selection testing
 Ability tests
 Aptitude tests
 Work sample
 Assessment center
 Psychological and Ability test
5. Selecting interview
 Structured Interview
 Nondirective Interview
 Stress Interview
6. Background investigation
7. Physical examination
8. Legal consideration selection