EXAM 1: Recruitment

Noncompensatory Strategy:

"If it doesn't pay $60,000 forget it." "If it's not close to home forget it."

What are advantages and disadvantages of using external recruitment sources?

Advantage is it brings in "fresh" ideas. Disadvantage is it's riskier.

What are advantages and disadvantages of using internal recruitment sources?

Advantage is it's cheaper. Disadvantage is it's not practical in smaller firms.

With regard to vacancy characteristics, three potential decision-making strategies that candidates might use to decide which job to accept

Compensatory Strategy, Noncompensatory Strategy, and the "implicit favorite"

The three policies that affect vacancy desirability:

Promoting from within, Lead-the-Market Pay, and Image Advertising.

Four factors that make organizations more or less attractive to candidates

Vacancy characteristics, personnel policies, recruitment sources, and recruiter characteristics.

The "implicit favorite"

You go for on-site interviews with it's a "practice-interview" attitude. But there's something about the place that lures you. Your gut tells you to take the job.

Compensatory Strategy:

rate according to strengths and weaknesses in all categories.

The outcome upon which recruiter characteristics has an impact:

Small impact on job acceptance. Larger impact on decision to accept second interview.