Variation 2. If you’ve never worked or you’re not personallyfamiliar with an array of jobs, assume that you’re a manager of asmall manufacturing plant. You need to hire people to fill twojobs. One job is for a plant custodian to sweep floors, cleanbathrooms, empty trash cans, and so forth. The other job is for anoffice manager who will supervise a staff of three clerks andsecretaries, administer the plant payroll, and coordinate theadministrative operations of the plant. Exercise Task Reviewingwhat you’ve done so far, now do the following: 1. Identify the mostbasic skills needed to perform each of the two jobs effectively. 2.Identify the general indicators or predictors of whether a givenindividual can perform each job. 3. Develop a brief set ofinterview questions that you might use to determine whether anapplicant has the qualifications for each job. 4. How important isit for you, as a manager hiring an employee to perform a job, topossess the technical skills needed to perform the job that you’retrying to fill?
