Investigating personnel selection from a counseling perspective: Do applicants' and recruiters' perceptions correspond?
✍ Scribed by Eva Derous
- Book ID
- 102288735
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-0787
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✦ Synopsis
This article considers personnel selection from a counseling perspective by investigating applicants' and recruiters' perceptions of the selection procedure. A survey was conducted among 700 applicants and 140 recruiters to investigate whether applicants' and recruiters' preferences for and expectations of the selection procedure were silmilar or dissimilar. Results of analyses of variance and t tests showed that applicants preferred a tailor‐made treatment, facilitating transparency and negotiation. Recruiters preferred a standardized objective approach to negotiation. Applicants' expectations of the selection procedure differed from the way recruiters actually treated applicants during the selection procedure. Apparently, applicants' and recruiters' perceptions do not correspond. Theoretical and practical considerations for employment counselors are discussed.