SELECTION: MEANING AND
DEFINITIONS
The Selection is the process of
choosing the most suitable candidate for the vacant position in the
organization. In other words, selection means weeding out unsuitable applicants
and selecting those individuals with prerequisite qualifications and
capabilities to fill the jobs in the organization.
Organisation
have always been interested in selecting the “right” persons for a particular
job. Selection is a part of the recruitment function. To select means to
choose. Selection is the process of choosing people by obtaining and assessing
requirements about the applicants with a view to matching these with the job
requirements.
In the words
of Dale Yoder “Selection is the process by which candidates for employment are
divided into two classes – those who will be offered employment and those who
will not.”
In the words
of Keith Davis, “Selection is the process by which an organisation choose from
a list of screened applicants the person or persons who best meet the selection
criteria for the position available.”
In the words
of Michael Jucius. “The selection procedure is the system of functions and
devices adopted in a given company for the purpose of ascertaining whether or
not candidate possess the qualifications called for by a specific job or for
progression through a series of jobs.”
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