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A Model for Personnel Recruiting and Selection

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  • Richard C. Kao

    (System Development Corporation)

  • Thomas C. Rowan

    (System Development Corporation)

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This paper presents a mathematical model for determining a minimum cost strategy for the following personnel recruiting and selection situation. A quota is set for the minimum number of good employees to be added each period, and selection is done on the basis of a test having a known correlation with the given criterion of job success. There is a total cost for all individuals recruited and a loss attached to each person hired who turns out to be unsatisfactory. The problem is to determine a minimum acceptable score on the selection test and the number of persons to be recruited which will yield a minimum cost, including loss, as well as satisfy the prescribed quota at a given probability level.

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  • Richard C. Kao & Thomas C. Rowan, 1959. "A Model for Personnel Recruiting and Selection," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 5(2), pages 192-203, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:5:y:1959:i:2:p:192-203
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.5.2.192
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