Staffing Questions Chapter 1

Locating qualified individuals and labor markets from which to recruit is:

sourcing.

Deployment involves:

assigning talent to appropriate jobs and roles in the organization.

Creating a favorable image in desired applicants' minds about the organization being a good place for them to work is:

employer branding.

Staffing can be considered a cornerstone of human resource management because it:

generates the talent that is supported by the other human resource management functions.

Staffing influences organizational performance because:

its outcomes determine who will work for and represent the firm, and what its employees will be willing and able to do.

Interviewing job candidates to assess their fit with the job and organization is part of _______.

Selecting

Which of the following is NOT a component of strategic staffing?

Compensating

Which of the following is NOT one of the seven components of strategic staffing?

Compensating

Which of the following is a hiring process goal?

Complying with the law and any organizational policies.

If a company's employees have talents that would be useful to the organization but that the company is not taking advantage of, which of the following is being done poorly?

Deploying

Assigning a high performing sales associate to work with the company's most important client is an example of:

Deployment

Putting together an attractive job offer and negotiating with the candidate the company wants to hire is part of ______.

Acquiring

Staffing professionals promote the goals of society by

Helping to match people with jobs and organizations in which they are likely to be successful and happy.

If a staffing specialist evaluates the organization's current employees and the external labor market to determine the availability of desired talent, which of the following is being done?

Planning

The primary goal of _______ is to get the right people interested in working for an organization or in a specific job, then persuade them to apply and ultimately accept job offers if they are extended.

Recruiting

When a firm determines that it will need to hire 50 customer service representatives within the next three months, it has engaged in:

Workforce planning

All organizational practices and decisions that affect either the number or types of individuals willing to apply for and accept job offers is:

recruiting.

An organization's competitive advantage is:

something that it can do differently from its competitors that allows it to perform better, survive, and succeed in its industry.

Strategic staffing means:

staffing an organization in future oriented and goal directed ways that support the organization's business strategy and enhance organizational effectiveness.

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 is:

workforce planning.