PART FOUR
Questions 21 -30
Read the article below about themethods some companies are now using for recruitment.
Choose the correct wordto fill each gap from (A, B, C or D) on the opposite page.
For each question21-30,mark one letter (A, B, C or D) on your Answer Sheet.
There is anexample at the beginning, (0)
The Scientific Approach to Recruitment
Whenit (0) to selecting candidates through interview, more often than not thedecision is made within the first five minutes of a meeting. Yet employers liketo (21) themselves that they are being exceptionally thorough in their selectionprocesses. In today’s competitive market place, the (22) of staff in manyorganizations is fundamental to the company’s success and, as a result ,recruiters use all means at their disposal to (23) the best in the field.
Onemethod in particular that has (24) in popularity is testing , eitherpsychometric testing, which attempts to define psychological characteristics ,or ability£aptitude testing (25) an organization with an extra way ofestablishing a candidate’s suitability for a role. It (26) companies to addvalue by identifying key elements of a position and then testing candidates toascertain their ability against those identified elements.
The employment ofpsychometric or ability testing as one (27) of the recruitment process may havesome merit, but in reality there is no real (28), scientific or otherwise, ofthe potential future performance of any individual. The answer to this problemis experience in interview techniques and strong definition of the elements ofeach position to be (29) as the whole recruitment process is based on few realcertainties, the instinctive decisions that many employers make, based on a CTand the first five minutes of a meeting, are probably no less valid than anyother tool employed in the (30) of recruitment.
Example :
A have B decideC do D make
0 A B C D
21.A suggest B convince C advise D believe
22.Aworth B credit C quality D distinction
23.A secure B relies C attain Dachieve
24.A lifted B enlarged C expanded D risen
25.A provides B offers Ccontributes D gives
26.A lets B enables C agrees D admits
27. A portion Bmember C share D component
28. A extent B size C amount D measure
29.Aoccupied B met C filled D appointed
30 A business B topic C point Daffair