2. Staffing Organizations Dr. Barbara Lyon, SPHR (Note: Be sure to check the after-the-game review items located at the end of this slide show.)

4. SWYK Instructions 1.Each contestant will choose a category. (Ex: I’ll take FLSA for $200) 2.Response must be in the form of a question. (Ex: What are the overtime exemption categories?) 3.Kick it up a notch with SWYK Kick items by choosing to double the value posted on the game board. 4.The three contestants with the largest amount in their $WYK CA$H Pot will play… SWYK SHOWDOWN!

5. SWYK Board Instructions 1.Select a category on the main game board (slide 4). 2.On the main game board, click on the dollar amount of the item chosen. The item will appear on a separate slide. 3.To reveal the correct response, click in the blue space under the question. 4.To return to the main game board, click on the yellow arrow/box.

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7. A: What is standardization? Q: The process of ensuring that all test takers receive the same tests in the same context, as a way to eliminate extraneous influences on test performance is called what? ($1.00)

8. A: Ordinal Q: What is a scale in which objects are rank ordered according to how much of the attribute they possess ? ($5.00)

9. A: What is statistical significance. Q: The likelihood that a correlation exists in a population, based on knowledge of the actual value of r in a sample from that population is ? ($10.00)

10. A: T he degree to which scores reflect the attribute that the measure is intended to measure. Q: Validity of a measure is best defined as what? ($20.00)

11. A: Each job category. Q: The Uniform Guidelines in Employee Selection procedures require the calculation of selection rates for what ? ($50.00)

12. A: What are indicators of a person's degree of success in past situations should be predictive of future job success. Q: Within the context of the selection process, the "logic of prediction" means what? ($1.00)

13. A: What is Biodata. Q: What items are generally the same, regardless of the job being staffed? ($5.00)

14. A: 0.20 Q: The highest estimate of validity coefficients of unweighted applicant banks as predictors of job performance is what? ($10.00)

15. A: Use extracurricular activities when they correlate with KSAOs required by the job. Q: When considering the use of extracurricular activities as a job performance predictor, one should do what? ($20.00)

16. Q: According to ADA, it is not permissible for employers to do what during the pre-offer stage of assessment process? ($50.00) A: Ask if the applicant has any disabilities.

17. A: Substantive. Q: What assessment methods are used to reduce the candidate pool to finalists for a job. ? ($1.00)

18. A: Conscientiousness. Q: This personality trait is associated with better performance, higher job satisfaction, and lower adaptability on the job. ($5.00)

19. A: They are reasonably valid in predicting job performance. Q: What is true regarding the Big Five personality factors? ($10.00)

20. Q: What are the most useful personality traits, in order, for selection contexts? ? ($20.00) A: Conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion.

21. A: consider suitable alternative selection procedures if one of the selection techniques has adverse impact. Q: What does the UGESP requires employers to do? ($50.00)

22. Q: In comparing internal selection with external selection, an advantage of internal selection is what? ($1.00) A: I nformation about internal candidates tends to be more verifiable than information about external candidates

23. A: T he logic of prediction can be applied more precisely for internal selection than for external selection. Q: Within the context of internal selection, an accurate statement about the logic of prediction would be that? ($5.00)

24. Q: A job candidate responding to an "in- basket exercise" would most likely be asked to do what? ($10.00) A: D raft memos to respond to letters received.

25. Q: If the selection objective is to assess a candidate's ability to make a coherent. persuasive report about the organization's annual results before a group of top managers, the best interview simulation to make this assessment would be a(n) ? ($20.00) A: Oral presentation

26. A: Pay attention to the types of KSAOs needed for advancement Q: An organization which is committed to shattering the "glass ceiling" should do what? ($50.00)