Chapter 1

Why is strategic staffing important?

-The process of staffing an organization in future-oriented and goal-directed ways that support the organization's business strategy and enhance organizational effectiveness. -This involves the movement of people into, through, and out of the organization.

Putting together an attractive job offer and negotiating with the candidate the company wants to hire is part of ________.

acquiring

outcome goals

after hire. -Hiring successful employees • Hiring individuals who will be eventually promoted • Reducing turnover rates among high performers • Hiring individuals for whom the other HR functions will have the desired impact • Meeting stakeholder needs

selecting talent

assessing job candidates and deciding who to hire

deploying talent

assigning people to appropriate jobs and roles in the organization to best utilize their talents

Reducing the turnover rate of high performers is an example of a staffing process goal.

false

Strategic staffing consists of filling a job as quickly and cheaply as possible.

false

If a company wants to promote from within rather than hire higher level managers from outside the company it should focus on _________.

hiring people who can perform the current job who also have leadership potential

Locating qualified individuals and labor markets from which to recruit is ________.

sourcing

When an employer studies the causes of turnover among its high performers it is engaging in ___________.

staffing analytics

workforce planning

strategically evaluating the company's current lines of business, new businesses it will be getting into, businesses it will be leaving, and the gaps between the current skills in the organization and the skills it will need to execute its business strategy

Even if a staffing system hires talented people, without performance goals and accurate performance feedback employees won't perform their best.

true

Socialization is the process of assimilating or integrating newly hired or recently promoted employees with their job, workgroup, and organization.

true

• Seven components of strategic staffing

workforce planning, sourcing talent, recruiting talent, selecting talent, acquiring talent, deploying talent, retaining talent

Which of the following is NOT an ethical issue commonly faced by staffing professionals?

Being asked not to lower hiring standards to meet a demanding hiring goal

Process goals

During the hiring process -attracting sufficient numbers of appropriately qualified applicants -complying with the law and organizational policies -fulfilling any affirmative action obligations -meeting hiring timeline goals -staffing efficiently

Stakeholders

Exposure to numerous examples of ethical standards, issues, and considerations, as well as a variety of possible decisions and their consequences for all stakeholders, helps build a strong ethical staffing schema.

Staffing analytics

Involves the application of software and research methodology to statistically analyze staffing-related data with the goal of optimizing staffing systems -Defining, standardizing, and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) enables employers to analyze trends; understand drivers of diversity, performance, engagement, and turnover; and make better decisions.

retaining talent

keeping successful employees engaged and committed to the firm

sourcing talent

locating qualified individuals and labor markets from which to recruit

recruiting talent

making decisions and engaging in practices that affect either the number or types of individuals willing to apply for and accept job offers

If a staffing specialist evaluates the external labor market to determine how challenging it will be to hire the talent her employer needs over the next few years, which of the following is being done?

planning

acquiring talent

putting together job offers that appeal to chosen candidates, and persuading job offer recipients to accept those job offers