Psychology › Section M · Industrial-organizational psychology › Topic M.2
Selecting and evaluating employees
Every hiring decision is a prediction: this person, out of all who applied, will do the job well. Industrial psychology tests which predictions work, how to train people once hired and how to judge their performance fairly and within the law.
In this topic
- Hiring as prediction
- Job analysis
- Selection tools and validity
- Worked example: comparing two selection methods
- Structured interviews
- Training and mentoring
- Performance appraisal
- Worked example: auditing an appraisal
- Fair hiring and the law
- Narrow exceptions and hidden bias
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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