Question

*Human Resources*

What criteria can be applied to determine if a selection tool is valid and reliable? How do we know if a selection tool is good. Explain each of the criteria.

Answer 1

Solution -

Human Resource Management has recruitment as one of their core functions. With automation creeping into all management and industrial fields human resource management is no different. In a recruitment process selection is a major function and there have been many tools circulating in the market that have made this selection process automated through the cognitive ability introduced in such tools. There are many criterias that determine if the selection tool is effective or not -

1. Smooth Navigation - This is a quality of the selection tool which divides the selection process into multiple stages with progression criteria for each stage. The smoother the navigation process the more efficient is the tool.

2. User Friendly - A selection tool has many metrics strored in it and this makes the selection tools very clustered. The simpler and easier to use tools are preferred.

3. Customization - Every organization will have different stages of selection for different profiles. For instance a service company can have two rounds of interview for an analyst role but three rounds of interview with a technical test for the role of a projy manager hence customization capacity is necessary for the tool.

4. Data Storage and Data Analysis capacity - A good selection tool should be able to handle unstructured datasets and should be able to provide analysis in comparison to the ideal metrics defined within the tool during deployment so that the selection team can draw out references and take decisions. A good selection tool allows for generating reports that can assist in decision making.

5. Self Management - An efficient selection tool has features of self management such generation of reminder mails for the candidates due for an interview and generation of feedback mails to the interviewer and the candidate without any manual intervention. A self-management capability makes the whole selection process efficient.

References - Strategic Human Resource Management - 2019 by Jones Storey, Patrick M. Wright and Dave Ulrich