Saintleo HRA549 Module 5 Discussion Latest 2019 August

HRA549 Recruitment, Selection Placeme

Module 5 Discussion

Many organizations use
multiple tests or assessments in their selection plan. There are essentially
two approaches to evaluating candidates using multiple assessments: the
multiple hurdle approach and a compensatory model.

First, passing or
“cut” scores need to be set for each test or assessment. These can be set high
or low, depending on whether you would rather hire:

More people who are
less qualified – with a cut score of 60% or higher, most people will probably
pass the test.

Fewer people who are
more qualified – with a cut score of 90% or higher, few people will probably
pass the test.

Alpha or Beta errors
are also a factor…remember last module’s Discussion Question?

In a multiple hurdle
approach, candidates are “knocked out” of the selection process after every
given step. Say you ask candidates to take 1) an integrity test, 2) a job
knowledge test, and 3) a personality test, in that order. If Candidate A fails
to achieve the cut score on the integrity test (say you’ll only consider those
who score at or above 85% and she scores 77%), there is no need for her to
advance to the next test; she is out of consideration. If Candidate B passes
the first 2 tests, but fails the personality test, he advanced further, but is
still out of consideration.

In a compensatory
model, candidates are allowed to take all of the tests, either simultaneously
or in order. No decision is made to eliminate any candidate until all tests
have been taken. Often, a composite score is created, weighing and combining
scores from each test. Thus if Candidate C does well on the integrity test and
the job knowledge test, but poorly on the personality test, the better scores
can compensate for the worse score.

Provide a concrete
example of when and why you would choose to use a multiple hurdle approach or a
compensatory model. How could these approaches be combined?

Post an initial
response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus
your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

What are the
disadvangates of your peers’ examples?

How strong were your
peers’ ideas for combining the two approaches?

What else could you
suggest to strengthen your peers’ responses?