Simulations for Personnel Selection

As a means of assessing job applicants, multimedia simulations are proving an advanced alternative to traditional personnel tests. But these technological hiring tools are not without their challenges. Can they adequately balance hard knowledge with necessary soft skills? Do they truly measure what...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Fetzer, Michael. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tuzinski, Kathy. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7681-8
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Table of Contents:
  • Simulations for Personnel Selection: An Introduction
  • Part I:  The Broader View
  • Simulations in the Selection Context: Considerations, Challenges, and Opportunities
  • Candidate Reactions to Simulations and Media-Rich Assessments in Personnel Selection
  • Simulation Technologies
  • Simulation Scoring
  • Part II:  Simulations in Action
  • Designing and Implementing Software and Computer Skills Simulations
  • How to Measure Contact Center Skills Using Multimedia Simulations
  • Show Me You Can Do It: The Use of Interactive Simulations in Manufacturing Settings
  • Simulations for Service Roles
  • Managerial Simulations
  • Tracing Cognition with Assessment Center Simulations: Using Technology to See in the Dark
  • Future Directions.