Selection Selection Process screening job applicants to ensure that the most appropriate candidates are hired What Is Selection? prediction exercise to determine which applicants will be successful if hired success defined by good performance on criteria used to evaluate employees selection decisions may be correct or incorrect reject errons-reject candidates who would have performed the job successfully accept errors-hire candidates who perform poorly ©Prentice Hall,2002 12-17Selection Selection Process – screening job applicants to ensure that the most appropriate candidates are hired What Is Selection? – prediction exercise to determine which applicants will be successful if hired • success defined by good performance on criteria used to evaluate employees – selection decisions may be correct or incorrect • reject errors - reject candidates who would have performed the job successfully • accept errors - hire candidates who perform poorly © Prentice Hall, 2002 12-17