Contribution #2 - Chapter 6

In Chapter 6, there is a chart showing a summary of personnel selection methods. This chart includes interviews, reference checks, biographical information, physical ability tests, cognitive ability tests, personality inventories, work-sample tests, honesty tests and drug tests. These methods are then compared through reliability, validity, generalizability, utility and legality. It is interesting to see that interviews, one of the most common methods of hiring in a job process, has a low reliability and validity rate. Everyone has to go through jobs interviews, but problems with this can be the unstructured nature of interviews. Also, another problem with job interviews are employers who may get a bad first impression with a possible future employee which can then ruin the whole interview from the beginning. I believe the most important selection method is drug testing. It has high validity and high reliability. It is quite expensive, but it is shown that there are more problems with employees who are drug users compared to employees who are drug-free. Some of these problems with drug users are tardiness and absenteeism. If I were an employer, one test I would not use is the honesty test. Applicants may try to answer honesty test questions with answers they think the employer wants to hear. This is a dishonest approach to honesty tests.

48 Hours of Twitter

The 48 hours of Twitter was a great experience.  Connecting with the students and professor was very easy and also fun to do.  I had a Twitter account from last year but I never connected with friends.  All I did was follow players from the Packers.  Now I have actually used the account and made some tweets which was very easy.  I think maintaining this account will be valuable for finding jobs and such things.  It is very easy to connect with other people in business along with businesses themselves.  Twitter is very simple and easy to use.  Updating statuses and connecting with people are a few things you can do on there.  Many businesses are looking for new employees who are familiar with social networks and also with using them.  Getting a head start on using them before trying to find jobs could be a big help.  I will continue to use this twitter account. It will allow me to stay in touch with friends, follow athletes, and connect with businesses.