Employment psychology

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Identifikator:: 1028407564

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-47263

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Link, Henry Charles; Thorndike, Edward L. http://d-nb.info/gnd/118802127

Title:: Employment psychology

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: MacMillan

Year of publication:: 1924

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 440 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2018

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part II. Trade tests and other applications of employment psychology

Collection:: Economics Books

246 EMPLOYMENT PSYCHOLOGY certainly not like a capable stenographer. And yet she picked up a notebook and took down the dictation given her with a rapidity and assurance that were most con vincing. And when she began transcribing her notes, she did so with a vigor and confidence that left no mistake as to her ability. The capability which this girl displayed in action was entirely out of harmony with her general ap pearance. The employment interviewer is usually on the lookout for actions which will enable him to form a better estimate of an applicant. Even if he is not consciously looking for such actions, he is influenced by them nevertheless. The candidate’s language, his manner of expression, his general attitude, his walk, and a number of other acts which may express themselves during the course of an interview, all play a very important part in the final conclusion. How ever, the usual interview is so short as to make it impossi ble to watch more than a very few of the applicant’s activities, and the knowledge of the individual which they reveal is therefore very superficial and fragmentary. The most important objection to forming judgments in this way is the fact that the actions which the candidate re veals during an interview are in most cases totally irrel evant; that is, they are actions which have little or nothing to do with the work for which the candidate is applying. An applicant for the position of tool maker, for instance, may stutter his replies and act very awkwardly during an interview, thus producing a very unfavorable impression on the interviewer. However, his clumsy actions in this respect are no reliable indication of his ability as a tool maker. The lack of activity and -alertness which the girl just described manifested while she was being inter viewed was not a good indication of the energy and ability

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