Chapter Six

Concept and Brief Description: The chapter dwells mainly on the basic of hiring; things such as applications and resumes, tests and assessments, right down to interviews and the final hiring decision. There are many tests that either should or could be done to determine whether a certain applicant is qualified or even able to be placed in the job position. It gives caution about the laws that apply and must be followed and also gives great ideas on ways of getting the best candidate for your job opening.

Emotional Hook: I feel like some of the tests suggested, although excellent ideas to find quality workers, can get you in a lot of trouble if not careful. For example, the personality tests could very easily be made to look like a bias and cause problems.

Key Points: 1. The importance of keeping in close contact with those who could become your next employees. I have had times when I apply and never hear anything back, and some times when I don't hear anything for a long time, but finally get a call months later when I had already taken a less appealing job. I also feel that while being thorough in the hiring process it is also important to be fast and efficient with it. 2. Making applications, tests, and interviews all valid, reliable, and successful is important. 3. In my current internship I am sifting through resumes and realizing that the layout and content of these resumes is either an attention grabber or a total turn off. People that send in their resumes and they have filled the whole page but there are spaces and gaps galore; all to make it look impressive when really... 4. Interview types, most specifically, the panel interview. I think that legally it is the smartest way of doing interviews. I know that time is money so it isn't always the easiest but the quality of employees would sky rocket in my opinion.

Facilitative Question: What's more worth it...to spend less and have less affective ways of doing things or being a little more generous with money to improve the quality of things such as tests and interviews?