(BUS 256) Ch. 6 - Identifying Recruits (Quiz Questions)

A new college graduate looking for his/her first job is a(n)

active job seeker

The need to acknowledge and respect the diversity of local cultures when sourcing and managing a global workforce is called

differentiation

Training employees to extend their capabilities and to prepare them to assume other jobs and roles in the firm is

employee development

Learning that your top sales agents like to attend football games and using this information to launch a sales agent recruiting drive at local football games is an example of

employee profiling

An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source?

employee referrals

Filling lower-level positions from the local labor market and higher level positions from the regional or national labor market is an example of

geographic targeting

Publicizing open jobs to employees is

internal job posting

Which of the following is a benefit of internal sourcing?

internal sourcing promotes employee retention

Which of the following external recruiting sources is useful for finding passive job seekers?

internet data mining

The labor market used to source lower-level positons in a firm is most likely to be

local

A successful executive who is happy with her current position and who does not look for information about other jobs, but who might be tempted by a great opportunity is a(n)

passive job seeker

Which of the following can be considered an underutilized recruiting source?

qualified persons with disabilities

Hiring top talent away from another company is an example of using which recruiting source?

raiding competitors

Asking your best talent to recommend the best people they've worked with in the past or people they feel would be good performers is an example of

referrals

Which of the following external recruiting sources is fast, cheap and useful for finding active job seekers?

resume databases

An employee who occasionally visits online job boards "just to see what's out there" in case he can identify a better job opportunity is a(n)

semi-passive job seeker

The ongoing process of recruiting, evaluating, developing and preparing employees to assume other positions in the firm in the future is

succession management/planning

Which of the following external recruiting sources is fast, cheap, and useful for finding active job seekers?

walk-ins

Which of the following sourcing methods is best for finding passive job seekers?

web crawlers