Why Employee Selection is Important

• The aim of employee selection is to achieve person-job fit.
• While person-job fit is usually the main consideration, person-organization fit is important too
• Selecting the right employee is important for three main reasons.

  1. Employees with the right skills will perform better for you and the company.
  2. Effective selection is important because it is costly to recruit and hire employees.
  3. Inept hiring has legal consequences
• Negligent hiring - Hiring workers with questionable backgrounds without proper safeguards.