Exam 6: Selecting Employees and Placing Them in Jobs

Greater Grocers, an international retailer, opens a store in a town predominantly populated by a particular racial group. While recruiting employees for the store, it uses a test in the selection process that favors that same racial group. When questioned about the selection procedure, the management reasons that the customers are more comfortable with employees of their own race. In the context of the legal standards of selection, what is an accurate statement?

Which statement is true about content validity?

An HR department at a manufacturing firm wants to ensure that applicants for production jobs provide complete information about themselves in a standard format. The most effective method would be to ask candidates to submit a résumé.

Briefly describe how concurrent and predictive validation research is conducted, and identify at least two potential advantages of predictive validation.

Jenny is the human resource manager for a machine job that produces custom parts. To make these products, production employees must be able to quickly learn new methods and machines. To identify job candidates who can quickly acquire new skills, Jenny could administer achievement tests.