MGT 466 Ch. 8

The reasons why executive search firms continue to be in demand include:

All of these are correct. explanation: Search firms are usually faster and better than an organization's in-house recruiters in locating talent. Search firms can keep the identity of the employer confidential during the recruiting and prescreening process. Search firms will often provide anti-raiding agreements where they agree not to contact the employees of a client organization for searches related to the searches for other clients for a specified period of time.

The disadvantages of external recruiting methods include:

All of these are correct. explanation: candidates are unknown entities. it can be detrimental to internal hires. it can be expensive.

Contemporary trends in staffing include:

All of these are correct. explanation: employers focusing more on building strong brands for themselves in relation to targeted members of the labor market. an emphasis on using a customer relationship management approach with prospective employees. a heightened awareness of the importance of applicant and an organization's culture.

The interview process for evaluating job candidates for a leadership development program only asks questions about each candidate's analytical ability. This is an example of which type of error in assessment?

Deficiency

The dimension of the Big Five Personality test that is associated with the characteristics of being intellectual, imaginative, curious, and original is:

Intellectual openness

Which of the following is(are) true regarding reference and background checks?

One limitation of reference checks is that many employers will not provide any information at all about their former employees.

If an employer wants to demonstrate the usefulness of a selection test/method, it should focus on showing that the test/method possesses:

criterion-related validity

The first step in using behavioral interviewing is to:

determine the most important behavioral characteristics associated with performance of the job.

The advantages of internal recruiting methods include:

less training/socialization time

One of the most effective strategies that employers use to address some of the challenges associated with on-campus recruiting is to:

offer co-op and internship programs.

The use of personality tests for making selection decisions is problematic for two reasons because:

their use can have a negative impact on members of protected classes.

One caveat regarding the use of recruiting pyramids is that:

they may need to be adjusted if labor market conditions change dramatically.

If an organization decides that it wants to hire permanent employees, the first critical question that it needs to address is:

whether to recruit internally or externally.

The most useful types of selection tests are generally considered to be:

work sample and trainability tests

The main reason why employers use the Internet for recruiting is to attract:

passive job candidates.