1. is clear, concise, and easy to read and understand
Résumés
     A well-written résumé
    is clear, concise, and easy to read and understand

2. Résumés gives Personal data Career objectives Education
Work experience
Descriptions of relevant competencies, activities, and personal information
Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of references

3. Résumés
Many companies now accept electronic résumés submitted over the Internet
May be scanned and searched electronically

4. Interviews Vary in ability to predict on-the-job performance
   
Vary in ability to predict on-the-job performance
An interview can be misleading

5. Interviews … Tend to decide about a person early in the interview
Interviewers :
Tend to decide about a person early in the interview
Then spend the rest of the time seeking information to support that decision
But, early impressions often are erroneous

6. Interviews …
Situational interviews:
That probably what applicant would do in different situations
Are better predictors of performance than interviews that focus on past work

7. Test for candidates Cognitive Ability Test
Test for candidates to predict job performance more accurately:
Cognitive Ability Test
Personality Tests
Performance Tests

8. Cognitive Ability Test
Measures general intelligence
Verbal, Numerical, and Reasoning Ability
Have proved to be relatively successful in predicting which applicants are qualified for certain jobs

9. Personality Tests
Assess unique blend of characteristics that define the individual
Assess the individual personality
Assess the individual Conscientious

10. e.g., a code-writing test for computer programmers
Performance Tests
  Requires candidate to perform simulations of actual job tasks
e.g., a code-writing test for computer programmers