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1) When selecting external job applicants, HR departments often perform a background check on potential employees. They also ask for recommendation letters and a list of 3 references.
How effective you do believe those (recommendation letters, background check, and checking references) are in selecting the best possible employees?

Performing a background check, asking for recommendation letter and references allows the HRM to make an informed despising of the different aspect of strengths, experience and attitude that a worker possesses. All this information is necessary where the future goals, past performance and the direction of the person's sense of achievement and their work ethic are considered. This allows the company to make. Better informed choices amongst the candidates.

2) Are recommendation letters objective? Why or why not?

Recommendation letters can't be considered as objective because it does deal with a person's capabilities and actions firsthand. It comes from. Another source which, no matter how accurate they are cannot be just trusted without actual evidence. Which is why recommendation letters cannot be considered objective as they do not allow us to match the data in a letter with an actual value.

3) What types of questions should HR be asking when calling a reference?

Different types of questions should include the past job performance, behavioral habit in the office, reliability factor, responsibility factor and the promise of growth factor.

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References:

Heneman, H., Judge, T., & Kammeyer-Mueller, J. (2014). Staffing Organizations (8th ed). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.

My professors question

Since the candidate can pick the people who write the letters, do you think they are always abjective?

Explanation / Answer

Since the candidate can pick the people who write the letters, do you think they are always abjective?

I dont think this is true because recommendation letters can be written by colleagues from previous organization, managers and even the organization management itself. The letter generally is written by people who are aware of the candidates skill and attitude towards work, so in this case people who have actually worked with the person are preferred and if the manager of the individual is ready to provide a recommendation letter then it should be considered that he had an impact in the organization where we worked which has made him develop a very good relation with senior colleagues. This is a positive for the employee which may create a positive impression.

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