Definitions
Applicant Flow Stages
Biographical Information
Reference and Background Checks
Educational Requirements
100
What does KSAO's stand for?
What is knowledge, skills, abilities, and opportunities.
100
The first step in the flow stage
What is an applicant
100
Biographical information is collected using
What is a questionaire
100
Organizations often solicit information about candidates through what?
What is a background check?
100
What is the difference between a license and a certification
What is a license if required by law to perform an activity and a certification is not mandated by law but is voluntary
200
Name three things that can be included in a resume fabrication?
What is inflated titles, inaccurate dates, and inflated education.
200
Once you have accepted the position you are now considered
What is a new hire
200
Biographical information is also called
What is Biodata
200
What is a way to improve on letters of recommendation
What is a standardized scoring key?
200
WHat is the difference between the purpose of a license and the purpose of a certification
The purpose of a license is to protect public interest and the purpose of a certification is to identify an individual who has met a minimum standard of proficiency
300
What is external selection?
What is the assessment and evaluation of external job applicants.
300
Someone who possesses the minimum qualifications to be considered
What is a candidate
300
Applicants and managers do not react positively to Biodata (T/F)
What is true
300
What is a difference between a background check and biodata
Background checks are used to dig up buried bones in an applicants background while biodata is used to predict future performance
300
GPA does play a large role in most recruiters evaluations (t/f)
What is false
400
What does BFOQ's stand for?
What is bona fide occupational qualifications.
400
Someone who meets all the minimum qualifications and whom the organization considers fully qualified for the job
What is a finalist
400
This company developed its biodata inventory by first asking it's employees 300 questions and then correlating employee responses to their job performance
What is Google
400
What means of communication is most reference checking done by
What is telephone?
400
What are the two methods used to measure the mastery of a certain body of knowledge
What is license and certifications
500
This term holds that indicators of a person's degree of success in past situations should be predictive of how successful he or she will likely be in a new situation.
What is logic of prediction.
500
Finalists whom the organization extends an offer of employment
What is offer receivers
500
Name 5 of the 10 criteria that Biodata items can be classified in.
What are history, externality, objectivity, firsthandedness, discreteness, verifiability, controllability, equal accessibility, job relevance, and invasiveness
500
What is the most common information sought in a background check
What is verification of employment eligibility, former employers, dates of previous employment, and job titles
500
This approach focuses on determining the quality of an applicants previous training and experience
What is behavioral consistency method