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