Chapter 6 MGMT 3240
Which of the following is NOT a type of flexible worker?
A core worker
Which of the following adjectives in a recruiting ad is most likely to discourage women from applying for the job?
Assertive
Which of the following is a recent advance that is making it easier to conduct formal analyses as part of recruiting evaluation?
Big Data
Which of the following is true of web-based recruiting?
It can be used to target applicants interested in a specific job field.
Which of the following factors encourages a company to recruit internally before recruiting externally?
The organization operates in an environment that changes slowly.
Which of the following statements is true of recruiting?
The recruiting process connects companies to sources of potential employees.
In the context of recruiting, what is the purpose of social media privacy laws?
They restrict employers from using personal online networking accounts to screen applicants.
What is the purpose of calculating the yield ratio?
To approximate the required size of the initial applicant pool
In the context of recordkeeping of applications, why are employers required to track and report applicant information?
To comply with equal employment and affirmative action plans
Why is it common for HR staff to track the reasons candidates turn down job offers?
To learn how competitive the employer is compared with other employers
The _____ is a subset of the labor force population that is available for selection if a particular recruiting approach is used.
applicant population
Companies in the United States that use flexible staffing arrangements:
face challenges such as low motivation.
In the context of strategic recruiting decisions, recruiters:
focus on "culture fit" when determining who to hire.
Using recruitment process outsourcing (RPOs):
helps organizations capitalize on employee referrals.
In the context of general recruiting process metrics, acceptance rate is defined as:
the percentage of the number of applicants hired to the total number of applicants offered jobs.
Why are some employment agencies known as headhunters?
They are aggressive in pursuing candidates and charge high fees.
In the context of e-video and recruiting, which of the following is true of video interviews?
They can save time and money for candidates.
Which of the following is true of state-sponsored employment agencies?
They do not charge fees to applicants.
What is the purpose of mining résumés?
To find the best-fitting applications
How is gamification used to recruit potential employees?
To interest potential candidates
What is the purpose of a job posting system?
To provide employees with more opportunities to move within the organization
Why do companies stay in touch with former employees by creating alumni networks?
To rerecruit former employees as appropriate openings arise
Which of the following methods is the best way for HR recruiters to evaluate the effectiveness of various media ads?
Tracking employee performance after hire
Which of the following sources is most likely to assist in recruiting specialized professionals?
Trade association publications
Chinn, the HR manager of a software company, depends heavily on internal sources for recruiting. He believes that using internal sources for recruiting shows that the company appreciates its employees. However, with little or no recruitment for senior positions from external sources, which of the following is a problem that the company is most likely to face?
Tunnel vision thinking, which is likely to lead to a lack of new ideas
Which of the following social networking websites best enables recruiters to send brief messages of 280 characters to both active and passive job candidates and then follow up with longer e-mails to facilitate recruiting?
When the unemployment rate is low, _____.
companies are likely to offer generous compensation
Which of the following recruiting methods often leads to higher-quality hires made in less time?
Employee referrals
Identify an internal recruitment method.
Employee-focused recruiting
In the context of recruiting source choices, which of the following is true of recruiting?
Existing employees who are given new work opportunities tend to perform considerably better than external hires.
Which of the following is a key recruiting tactic to let good performers know that they would be welcomed back in the future?
Exit interviews
Which of the following is an advantage of using flexible staffing?
Flexible staffing reduces an organization's legal compliance requirements.
Which of the following groups in a recruiting evolution pyramid is the largest?
Formal applicants
Which of the following questions can Rosa ask to evaluate recruiting efforts of her company's HR department?
How much time does it take to fill openings?
Which of the following questions may applicants be asked to evaluate a company's recruiting process?
How were you treated?
Which of the following statements describes the "try before you buy" approach in human resources?
Temporary positions let employers screen individuals for full-time, regular employment.
If a job offer is rejected by a candidate, which of the following groups should the company consider first to find another candidate?
The applicant pool
Which of the following is NOT a component of effective strategic recruiting?
The company's hierarchical structure
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which of the following is one of the criteria that must be fulfilled for an applicant to be considered an Internet applicant?
The contractor considered the applicant for employment in a particular position.
Which of the following groups is the broadest labor market component?
The labor force population
Miles has been asked to compare the quality of three recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firms that want to provide recruitment processing functions for Bluesy Music Foundation. Which of the following measures is most likely to help Miles judge the quality of the firms' services?
The satisfaction of the applicants
Which of the following is the best choice for employers that need to fill a large number of jobs quickly?
Job fairs
Midsized and larger employers are most likely to provide _____ to incentivize employee referral programs.
a monetary bonus
When Foremen LLC advertised available positions in the warehouse, 200 people applied. Only 15 percent of applicants were called for interview. In the given scenario, 15 percent is the _____.
yield ratio
Which of the following is a disadvantage of external recruiting?
New employees are likely to require long adjustment periods and orientation efforts.
Ruby is the HR Manager of a company that manufactures toys. When she posted a job ad in a couple of local newspapers, she received résumés of 30 applicants. She rejected 11 résumés as they did not match the basic technical expertise required for the job. The remaining 19 applicants were called for the interview, and finally, 12 of them were offered the job. In the given scenario, which of the following numbers represents the size of the applicant pool?
19
Which of the following is the most effective media ad?
A radio ad costs $220 and results in 30 candidates, out of which two are hirable.
Which of the following is the problem with evaluating the cost of recruiting by dividing total cost incurred to recruit employees in the year by the number of hires for the year?
Accurately identifying items that should be included in recruiting expenses is difficult.
Which of the following is an external recruiting method?
An Internet job posting
Which of the following is an internal recruiting source?
An employee referral
Gwen's company has an opening for a marketing manager. Gwen believes that the company should hire a new employee rather than promoting one of the existing marketing representatives. Which of the following advantages of an external hire should she point out to convince the marketing director?
An external hire is likely to bring new insights and expertise.
_____ are individuals who have left an organization for other jobs and are sometimes willing to return because the other positions and employers turned out to be less attractive than initially thought.
Boomerangs
In the context of technology for recruiting, which of the following is an important new skill for recruiters?
Building connections via social media
How can a company make the recruiting process more effective?
By developing an applicant tracking system
How are business schools taking active steps to ensure that MBA students are getting the kinds of experiences that make them attractive to organizations?
By networking
Which of the following is a significant source of entry-level professional and technical employees?
College and university students
Identify the type of websites that would enable Jaxon to establish a profile and upload his résumé, which would be made available to all employers that use the website.
Internet job boards
Which of the following is true of a talent database?
It can help identify internal opportunities for individuals.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using technology in recruiting?
It increases work for HR staff members.
In the context of employment recruiting, which of the following is true of mobile technology?
It is used to conduct preliminary interviews.
Which of the following is true of labor unions?
Labor unions can benefit employers through apprenticeship programs.
Amos is seeking a professional position in banking management. He wants to use social media to expand his professional network. Which of the following websites is most likely to help Amos expand his job search options?
Which of the following is a potential disadvantage of Internet recruiting?
Loss of personal privacy
Maizie has been working as a technical expert in a company for over two years. She applied for a promotion to the position of manager in her department. However, the evaluators rejected Maizie's application. Which of the following is most likely the reason for the rejection of her application?
Maizie does not have experience in a managerial position.
Mika is the manager of the Human Resources department of a company. Her company is expanding and is on a hiring spree. She has been receiving complaints from recruiters in her department that they are overworked as recruitment is taking up a lot of their time, thereby leaving them with very little time to fulfill their other work-related responsibilities. Which of the following activities can help decrease the burden of the recruiters in Mika's department?
Outsourcing the recruitment process
Which of the following types of job seekers can be found primarily through virtual online communities?
Passive job candidates
Jamison is a recruiter for TechRUs. He wants to recruit graduates of a nearby technical school. Unfortunately, BigTech, a competitor, hires most of the graduates. Which of the following is the best choice to improve Jamison's success rate and help him hire the best graduates?
Providing guest speakers for classes on the campus
Which of the following activities makes recruiting more effective?
Providing realistic job previews
_____ is seeking out former employees and recruiting them again to work for an organization.
Rerecruiting
Which of the following indicates whether the quality of employees hired results in employees who perform well and have low turnover?
Success base rate
_____ is the process of finding and hiring high-quality talent needed to meet an organization's workforce needs.
Talent acquisition
Which of the following is true of using technology in recruiting?
Technology-based recruiting generates a large pool of applicants.
In the context of recruiting, which of the following is the easiest way to track responses to ads?
Using different contact details in each ad
Vince is an HR Manager of a small moving and storage company in the small town of Delwich. A large distribution center for an online retail company that hires many employees plans to move into Delwich. Both companies hire workers that perform physical labor—moving and packing products or furniture for shipping and storage. How is this change most likely to affect Vince's company?
Vince's company will have fewer applicants.
Nina works with the talent acquisition team in the HR department of a company. Her job is to find candidates for a position whenever there is a vacancy in the company. She connects the company to universities and institutions with a good availability of potential candidates. Given this information, it can be said that Nina most likely focuses on:
recruiting.