Talent Acquisition Midterm

Employment-at-will is an employment relationship which ________.

allows either the employee or employer to terminate the employment at any time

When an employee checks the company intranet for other job opportunities with their current employer, this is an example of ___________.

an internal job posting system

Which of the following would be most useful for a firm needing to quickly reassign employees to an important new project?

an up-to-date talent inventory

Software that tracks recruits to help recruiters identify how many candidates are at each stage of its hiring process is called a(n) _____________.

applicant tracking system

In staffing, O*NET is used for ________.

background job analysis information

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

An organization's staffing strategy should be derived from and clearly support its ________.

business strategy

Bella Vista Inc. needs to hire a new marketing manager after the former manager retired. The company recruited James Anderson, who was employed in Webster & Co., and offered him the job of manager. This is an example of ________.

external talent focus

Which of the following forecasting methods relies on the experience and insights of people in the organization to predict a firm's future employment needs?

judgmental forecasting

When Mary hires a candidate because they went to the same university, which of the following has occurred?

like-me bias

In geographic targeting, the labor market used to source lower-level positions in a firm is most likely to be ________.

local

Skylark Corporation produces apparel for women. The firm experienced rapid growth when it first opened, but for the last couple of years business growth has slowed but revenues remain good. Skylark is probably in the _________ phase of its life cycle.

maturity

The time it takes to fill a position is an example of a ______.

metric

When a competing hospital calls for an employee recommendation, a hospital manager fails to disclose negative information about a previous employee who was discharged for improper and reckless behavior toward a patient. This could be an example of ________.

negligent referral

When a manager wants her employer to hire her niece, this is an example of ________.

nepotism

To maximize an employer's investment in staffing it should focus on the jobs that are critical to _____________.

obtaining its competitive balance

Which of the following is true of a "closed shop"?

only union workers are employed

Hiring people who are efficient, trainable, and willing to follow standardized procedures would support a(n) ________ competitive advantage.

operational excellence

Strategic sourcing is facilitated by the use of artificial intelligence and algorithms that do not _____.

perpetuate unconscious bias

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

__________ is being used to speed up hiring, lower hiring costs, and enhance the candidate experience during the hiring process.

staffing technology

Which of the following is an internal recruiting source?

succession Management

Which of the following, if true, would require a company to make adjustments to its historical employee-productivity ratios?

the company is adopting a more efficient manufacturing system

Which of the following arguments about job analysis is most effective in order to gain the support of top managers?

the process will help identify employee characteristics that will augment the firm's business strategy and increase the company's return on its staffing investment

If an employer has 200 applicants, interviews 50 of them, and ultimately hires 20 of them, what is its hiring yield?

10%

________ are more broadly defined components of a successful worker's behavior capabilities needed to do the job well.

competencies

ROM Corporation had kept all its hiring plans on hold during the last four quarters because the economy was in a state of recession. ROM manufactures data cards, memory chips, and LCD monitors. The company is analyzing market trends in order to reassess its hiring strategy for the coming year. Which of the following, if true, would best support the argument for restarting hiring?

computer manufactures have aggressively started hiring more staff

Comparing the percentages of men, women, or minorities in various job categories to see if men, women, or minorities are disproportionately represented in certain workforce categories is an example of a ________.

concentration statistic

Alexa is the manager of human resources at Alcatec Inc. She is comparing the number of employees required over the next six months versus the capabilities of her existing workforce adjusted for attrition. She is trying to identify any gaps between the two. Which step of the workforce planning process is discussed here?

conduct a workforce analysis

When Edwina believes that it is ethical to use a hiring method that is illegal in the U.S. in another country in which it is legal to use, she is probably applying which ethical approach?

cultural relativism

Assigning a high-performing sales associate to work with the company's most important client is an example of ___________.

deployment

When a manager specifies what a new job will require and how it should be done she is engaging in job ________.

design

A job analysis ________.

determines a job's entry requirements

After the gaps between the firm's labor supply and labor demand are identified, a firm should:

develop and implement action plans

Firms operating globally often need to give some latitude to their local managers to tailor their strategies and practices to meet the needs of their locations. This highlights the ________ aspect of global sourcing.

differentiation

According to the resource-based view of the firm, in order to create value, staffing practices must ________.

enhance the differentiation of the firm's products

If a company makes promises to a recruit that it does not intend to keep, it could be found guilty of ________.

fraudulent recruitment

Greg's Bakery chain is planning to diversify into producing and selling candy. It has opened a new factory to support this plan, and the factory is ready to be staffed. The top management at Greg's has decided that it is willing to offer the best salaries in the industry to its latest employee additions. In this situation, which of the following staffing goals should Greg's follow?

hiring the best qualified employees

The __________ ethical approach defines a morally correct action as one that an individual has a moral right to do and that does not infringe on the moral rights of others.

human rights

Ed Waters is a former CEO who was responsible for the dramatic turnaround of a food company. When Ed retired, Phil, the CEO of a travel agency, invited him to be a business consultant for the travel company, hoping that Ed's unusual strategies could work the same magic twice. Phil created a new designation and position in the company especially for Ed. This is an example of ________.

idiosyncratic staffing

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using the task inventory job analysis method?

inability to distinguish superior from average workers

Leo Ink is a company that produces stationery items. In order to remedy the current low-profit situation, the company plans to hire personnel and form a brand-new marketing team. The labor market proves to have a shortage of qualified marketing personnel. In this situation, which of the following strategies could Leo Ink follow to make profits?

increase the salary offered to hire the needed marketing personnel

_________ will lessen the burden placed on the assessment system.

increasing the quality of the applicant pool

Which of the following is a benefit of social networking as a sourcing method?

it increases diversity of talent available

Which of the following observations is true?

jobs recruited using batch recruiting typically take longer time to fill than jobs recruited using continuous recruiting

SteelMakers Inc. (SMI) is in urgent need of senior sales executives. Sales have declined in the last three quarters while the market share of their leading competitor, Steelworld, has steadily increased. SMI has realized that they are losing out not because of inferior products, but because they have not been able to pitch their products as well as Steelworld. After careful observation of the sales efforts of the latter, the SMI management has decided to offer extremely lucrative, hard to refuse, deals to one or two selected members of Steelworld's sales team. Which of the following modes of sourcing is SMI using in this case?

poaching or raiding

Affirmative action means ________.

proactive plans to ensure nondiscriminatory results in employment practices

Which of the following does an employer have to do if it wants to hire successfully from the traditional labor pool?

provide competitive pay

When a staffing professional analyzes which recruiting source(s) produced the highest quality new hires he is performing a ________.

recruiting yield analysis

Which of the following is a way in which many organizations try to reduce their need for skills that will be in short supply for a number of years?

redesigning jobs

Retainer firms are ________.

search firms who charge employers a fixed fee in advance of placement

Interviewing job candidates to assess their fit with the job and organization is part of ___________.

selecting

Which of the following are advantages of using structured questionnaires for job analysis?

speed and low cost

trategic staffing means ___________.

staffing an organization in future oriented and goal directed ways that support the organizations business strategy and enhance organizational effectiveness

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

staffing analytics

What is the best conclusion given the following information about research technicians employed in the scientific wing of a pharmaceutical organization? Females comprise 60 percent of the current workforce and 50 percent of the relevant population (research technicians.) Males comprise 40 percent of the current workforce and 50 percent of the relevant population.

there is disparate impact on males as research technicians

A role that directly generates revenue for an employer is a ________.

value creator

Organizations relying on a cost-leadership strategy would have what type of talent philosophy?

viewing employees as assets

When Mary's Macaroons conducted a ________ on its customer service positions, it found that 35% of the customer service employee's time was being spent on administrative duties, not focusing on customer service.

workflow analysis

When a team of employees analyzes their work flow to improve efficiency, this is an example of ________.

workflow analysis