The American Industrialist J. Paul Getty said "If business always made the right decisions business wouldn't be business." 3(How to be Rich, 1965) However, when it comes to employee selection, making the right decisions can play a major part in the effectiveness of an organization. An organization can be defined as a social arrangement striving to achieve controlled performance in pursuit of collective goals and when we talk of organizational effectiveness (definition) we are talking about a concept defined differently by different stakeholders, and which includes a range of quantitative and qualitative measures.4 (Huczynski et al 2007) The importance of organizations implementing the most efficient employee selection techniques cannot be exaggerated. Selecting the best candidates can increase productivity, reduce the degree of training required and diminish high staff turnover. Added to this are the indirect costs of inadequate employee selection, including within the commercial setting where an organization may lose customers as a result of competitive organizations securing a more able and productive workforce.5 (Robertson et al 2002) However, while choosing which employee selection technique to implement can be crucial, there are various methods available to employing organisations to achieve this. These methods are diverse and as the author will demonstrate, each displays their own strengths and weaknesses, with some more popular with organizations than others. The aim of this essay is to explore the various methods of selection, including Interviews, Assessment Centres, Psychometric Testing and Internet Recruitment, and by looking at a sample of empirical studies, research findings and the results of interviews by the author; the essay will firstly discuss ways in ...