profile matching system

a method of personnel selection in which decisions to hire or reject candidates for employment are based on the degree of fit between an applicant’s characteristics and a profile of the ideal or typical employee in the position. See also interviewer stereotype.

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February 28th 2025

amphetamine psychosis

see amphetamine-induced psychotic disorder.