The authors provide guidelines for the development and implementation of role-play simulations used for employee selection and promotion. Exercises are presented to illustrate the development of practical content-valid procedures. Suggestions on developing relevant ideas, working with role players, facilitating raters, and minimizing candidate…

The purpose of this brief guide is to assist managers in the process of selecting personnel to fill training vacancies. It describes key steps in the selection process and provides a means for accomplishing these steps in a systematic fashion; however it is not intended to make selection decisions or to supersede personnel regulations. Three major…

Revised class specifications are provided for professional staffing in public libraries of various sizes in New York state. Descriptions are provided for each job within the civil service hierarchy: library assistant, library trainee, librarian I-IV (including special services), and the various grades of library assistant director and director.…

Reviews changes brought about in the librarian recruitment process by recent legislation, discusses job descriptions and types of search techniques for locating qualified candidates, presents a series of guidelines for interviewing employment candidates, and outlines processes for corresponding with applicants and keeping records of the…

Information contained in this handbook is intended to provide a picture of the credit union job market and hiring procedures as they relate to young applicants. Section 1 of the handbook describes what credit unions are and why they are interested in young employees. Section 2 details the credit union job market, including discussion of jobs…

This manual is intended to encourage policy makers, administrators, and personnel officers in hospitals and other health facilities to recruit and hire the thousands of well-trained, experienced men and women who leave the military medical services each year. The document lists the advantages to the medical institution when employing medically…

Perhaps two million or more people in the United States have experienced mental or emotional problems, have been treated and returned to the community, and want their lives to be as normal as possible. Unfortunately, these people often face insurmountable obstacles in finding a job, largely because of public and employer ignorance or prejudice…

This brochure presents regulatory guidelines on sex discrimination with sections devoted to: general principles; sex as a bona fide occupational qualification; separate lines of progression and seniority systems; discrimination against married women; advertising job opportunities; employment agencies; pre-employment inquiries as to sex; the…

Written for employers, personnel directors, vocational rehabilitation personnel, placement specialists, and all others involved in helping the mentally handicapped find their rightful place in the world of work, these guidelines discuss significant factors to consider when employing or seeking employment for the mentally handicapped. These factors…

Written for employers and other professionals involved in helping the mentally restored (people who have had a mental illnesses or emotional problems which are now under control) find and maintain gainful employment, this guide discusses the following topics: who are the mentally restored; why is a job important to them; who can help these people…

This training unit provides persons involved in employment interviewing, vocational counseling, curriculum planning, and other manpower activities with a multifactor approach for obtaining information from an individual and relating the data to job requirements. It is intended to result in the development of the bridge between client potential and…

This self-instructional module on improving employee selection, training, and supervision is the tenth in a set of twelve modules designed for small business owner-managers. Competencies for this module are (1) describe the three-step approach to selecting effective employees and (2) describe two of the most important characteristics possessed by…

To assist mental health agency leaders and others concerned with state mental health manpower development, these guidelines (presented in ten sections) explore various issues and approaches and indications for using one approach over another. The first three sections focus on designing and conducting manpower studies, making long range projections…