This article explores the overlaps and disconnects between the competencies evaluators acquire during graduate school and those required and desired by employers. To investigate this relationship, two different surveys are administered, one for job seekers and the other for employers; 205 postings in the American Evaluation Association job bank…

Examined sex bias in hiring by personnel directors. Personnel directors (N=86) rated bogus job applications on their qualifications and likelihood of being considered for the position, expected performance, and expected success in the job. Found higher access ratings were given to the sex-stereotypical applicant when the applicant's credentials…

Reports two studies investigating the training of employment interviewers, focusing on: (1) differences in the way trained and untrained interviewers used applicant characteristics to evaluate acceptability for employment, and (2) the manner of conducting the interview, applicants' reactions to the interviewer, and the interviewer's evaluation of…

Personnel administrators (N=23) were interviewed to explore their attitudes and thoughts about mid-life career redirection. Information was gathered on advantages and disadvantages of career change, and specific advice presented in response to typical case studies. (RC)

A rating scale of verbal and nonverbal behaviors in employment interviews was developed and applied to simulated interviews involving former clients of a blind rehabilitation center. Personnel managers who rated the interviews perceived negative behaviors (e.g., rigid, motionless facial expression) as more important than positive behaviors (e.g.,…