Separate Facts from Inference

Joe Paterno has been at the helm of Penn State football since 1966. In the world of intercollegiate sports it’s hard to find a coach that has a tenure with the same institution for more than ten years. In the past 37 seasons, Coach Paterno has won an astonishing 336 games, breaking Paul “Bear” Bryant’s record of 323 set at the University of Alabama. Besides obtaining the most wins in NCAA Division 1-A football, Paterno has two national championships (1982 and 1986) and a Big Ten conference championship in 1994 (DeLassus). These great moments add to the tradition of Penn State football history, but that’s exactly the point, Paterno’s triumphs are history. The past four

Catch 22 is a novel that is set in Italy during World War 2. The main character of this story is Yossarian, who is a bombardier in the United States Air Force. Yossarian continually tries to avoid missions because he fears death. As the story goes on, the commanding officer of their squadron continues to increase the number of missions. Also, Yossarian has to see as many of his close friends die.

A stereotype is a group of attributes given to a group of people, most often hurtful and negative and not true.

Interview Questions for Any Position Initiative……………………………. ………………Page 2 Stress……………………………….. ………………Page 3 Motivation………………………….. ……………... Page 5 Goal Orientation…………………….………………Page 6 Attendance/Punctuality…………….. ………………Page 8 Creativity and Innovation………….. ……………... Page 9 Problem Solving/Analytical Skills….……………... Page 9 Career Ambitions…………………... ……………... Page 11 Ability to Learn…………………….. ……………... Page 13 Dependability………………………………………. Page 14 Flexibility…………………………........................... Page 16

To make a valid and reliable assessment of my candidate’s knowledge I normally hold a professional discussion with them and also given them questionnaires to complete.

Researching companies without the annual report is like exploring a cave without a flashlight. This analysis of Costco Wholesale Corporation proves stakeholders benefit by using information published in annual reports to analyze the past, present and future financial well-being of publically traded organizations. Whether one is an investor, a commercial loan officer, financial analyst, or a manager of the corporation, the annual report provides insightful data and information that is crucial in determining profitability, liquidity, debt, risk factors, sustainability, competitive environment and overall health and likely direction of the company.

The most effective questions tend to be behavioral, focusing on situations and experiences that the candidate is likely to face on the job, or that the candidate has faced in a prior position.

As a human resources manager, the primary task is to ensure that only the best candidates are called for interview. In essence, academic credentials are not enough to determine a candidate’s suitability. During the interview, it is important to ensure that the applicant has required skills to meet the firm’s objectives. For example, a given person might have the best academic qualifications as per the job’s description but lack other important aspects such as ability to work in the team and good communication skills. During the interview, such traits should be noted to disqualify applicants who cannot meet fundamental requirements of a team player.

According to our textbook, clusters of beliefs, values and opinions form an individual’s attitude. Throughout our lifetime, these attitudes manifest in different intensities and form biases, stereotypes, prejudices and bigotries. Biases and stereotypes can be both negative and positive, but stereotypes are only formed against people; biases are formed against people, places and things. In contrast, prejudices and bigotries only represent negative attitudes and like the stereotypes they are only formed against people.

A "stereotype" is a social perception of an individual in terms of group membership or physical attributes. Stereotypes are generalizations made about a group and then attributed to all members of that group.

According to Dictionary.com a stereotype is something conforming to a fixed or general pattern, especially an often oversimplified or biased mental picture held to characterize the typical individual of a group (dictionary.com).

All most everyone in there lifetime has stereotyped others are have been a victim of stereotypes. A stereotype is the belief about another culture, race or a person that has no logic or evidence to support there negative thoughts. Many people believe that when a person stereotypes another it is the lack of information or ignorance

Stereotypes are deeply embedded in every society in numerous ways. The dictionary definition of a stereotype is “one that is regarded as embodying or conforming to a set image or type.” Stereotyping or Labeling is a technique that “attempts to arouse prejudices in an audience by labeling the object of the propaganda campaign

A stereotype is “...a fixed, over generalised belief about a particular group or class of people.” (Cardwell, 1996).

(Huffcutt et al. 2001) reported that criterion-related validities for interview are more reliable in recruiting and selection of a personnel. The interaction between the interviewer and interviewee are deems important to set up the reliability, validity, fairness, and utility of the recruitment selection process. Apart to that, based on Johnson Company requirement, the candidate should be able to perform market survey and deal with customer relation activities. From the facts, there is concern from that individual customers are drastically declining. The candidate must be able to do an analytical structure and initiative of follow up to tackle the issue. The candidate require to attend client feedback and gather teamwork solutions as well. The role also should cover tasks to conclude and manage to communicate the outcomes. It is essential for the candidate to have a proven organizational skills. The capability skills of problem solving and interpersonal skills are very crucial. This is because the main aspects for the position is able to communicate with customer and warehouse team to deliver some the products to the clients. The excellent communications and listening skills will be the advantage for the candidate. Through interview process, the interviewer must take consideration of the candidate willingness to travel and work on hectic period during the holiday season. The candidate have to be flexible and