Chapter 5
Recruiting is necessary to
Develop in applicant pool
Which of the following is the primary disadvantage for employers who use private employment agencies to fill positions?
Applicant screening may not be thorough
What is the primary purpose of an applicant tracking system?
Assisting employers in attracting, screening, and managing applicants
What is the first step in the recruitment and selection process?
Deciding what positions to fill
Which of the following is typically responsible for paying the fees charged by a private employment agency when an applicant is placed in a job?
Employers
___are special employment agencies retained by employers to seek out top management talent for their clients.
Executive recruiters
An employer will most likely us a private employment agency in order to
Fill a specific job opening quickly
When constructing a job advertisement, all of the following are aspects of the AIDA guide EXCEPT
Implying long-term benefits
Which of the following is NOT a tool used by firms to recruit outside candidates?
Intranet job postings
Which of the following is a recommended method for HR departments to protect employee data?
Performing random background checks on employees with HR database access
___is the process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill and how to fill them.
Personnel planning
Which of the following is the primary disadvantage of using internal sources of candidates to fill vacant positions in a firm?
Potential to lose employees who aren't promoted
Which of the following contains data regarding employee's education, career development, and special skills and is used by managers when selecting inside candidates for promotion?
Qualification inventories
Which of the following terms refers to the background investigations, tests, and physical exams that firms use to identify viable candidates for a job?
Selection tools
A firm's____should guide employment planning and determine the types of skills and competencies the firm needs.
Strategic Plan
The ongoing process of systematically identifying, assessing, and developing organizational leadership to enhance performance is known as
Succession Planning
Which of the following terms refers to studying a firm's past employment needs over a period of years to predict future needs?
Trend analysis
According to most employment laws, employees of temporary staffing firms that are working in an employer's workplace are considered workers of both the temporary agency and the employer. True or False
True
Many firms use temporary hiring as a way to give prospective employees a trial run before hiring them as full-time workers. True or False
True
All of the following are characteristics of a job posting EXCEPT
indicating the preferred number of applicants