Developing and Using Application Forms

• Researchers found that applicants who had longer tenure with previous employers were less likely to quit, and also had higher performance within 6 months after hire.
• Examples of predictive biodata items might include

  • “quit a job without giving notice,”
  • “graduated from college,”
  • “traveled considerably growing up.”
• Many employers, aware of the high costs of employment litigation, require applicants to agree on their applications to mandatory arbitration should a dispute arise.
• They are generally enforceable, with two caveats.

  • First, it must be a fair process.
  • Second, mandatory arbitration clauses turn some candidates off.