Chapter 7- Workforce, Chapter 8- Employment Process

In 2014, the federal minimum wage for federal contractors was $10.10 per hour, and Rhode Islands's minimum wage was $8.00 per hour. If you were working in a minimum wage, federal government job in Rhode Island that year, what would your base pay rate be?

$10.10

If a dietetic technician (hourly rate $13.50) works in a clerical position (hourly rate $11.00) for a day, his pay rate for that day will be

$13.50

Estimate a salaried employee's hourly rate if the employee's salary is $52,000.00 per year.

$25/hr

If the base rate of an hourly worker is $10.00 per hour and the employee worked 48 hours during the week, calculate his gross pay if overtime is paid at time-and-a-half. The gross pay is

$520

What is the purpose of determining the number of FTEs who work during a specific week?

1] to measure productivity 2] to determine staffing needs

The pay rate for an employee who works "double-time"

200% of base rate

A medical supply company has 20 employees who work 40 hours each week. In addition, there are 15 employees who work 20 hours and 10 who work 10 hours each week. The company employs

30 FTE

Usually, a full-time worker is scheduled to work __hours each week.

40 hours

An unstructured interview is the best type of employment interview, since it puts the candidate at ease.

FALSE

If a salaried worker leaves work an hour early on a "light" day, an hour's worth of money will be deducted from her next paycheck.

FALSE

T/F: Hourly workers are guaranteed 2080 hours of work per year.

FALSE

T/F: Succession planning is a recruitment strategy that focuses on external candidates for job openings.

FALSE

Which questions are NOT PERMISSIBLE to ask in an employment interview?

How old are you? Do you have children?

Cultural diversity in an organization is

POSITIVE : it allows the organization to respond to diverse customer needs

If an employee earns time off that can be used for various purposes, including vacation, sick or personal purposes, that time is called

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Recruitment agencies may be paid by the job candidate.

TRUE

T/F: A career employee can either be hourly or salaried

TRUE

T/F: In an employment interview, all the questions asked of the candidate must be related to the job.

TRUE

T/F: Job analyses are particularly useful when training a new employee.

TRUE

frequently terminated when the job is over

Temporary workers

Which question is permissible to ask in an employment interview?

What is your address?

Factors that must be considered when determining staffing include:

Work to be done Skills needed to do the job(s) Type of worker best suited to the job(s)

Sometimes organizations offer "perks" as a way of enticing potential employees. An example of this might be

a company car

Staffing should be done in a planned, deliberate manner whenever

a new employee needs to be hired

The preliminary screening of applications to eliminate unqualified candidates is called

a paper review

In human resources, a cafeteria package refers to

a selection of benefits from which employees can choose

Which recruitment method is most likely to be successful for an organization recruiting a foodservice worker?

an ad in a local or regional publication/website

Sometimes, employees get "pay in lieu of benefits." This is

an addition to the base rate for employees without benefits

A job recruitment method which gives the employer complete control over content is called

an advertisement

occurs when a worker quits his job to return to school full-time

attrition

Which are not considered to be contingent workers?

casual employees

Which of the following employees does not work a guaranteed number of hours each week?

casual employees

The base rate for an hourly employee is the rate of pay earned for

each hour worked

Which of the following workers is considered to be unskilled?

foodservice worker

Affirmative Action requires organizations to:

give hiring preference to underrepresented workers

Some organizations require that jobs be posted internally for a period of time before they are advertised publicly. This is done to

give internal candidates a chance to apply for the position

The advantage(s) of using a recruiting firm to fill professional openings is/are that they:

have access to a database of potential job candidates to fill jobs quickly

The basic premise of Equal Opportunity is to

hire candidates based on ability to do the job

If individuals are required to work long hours for extended periods of time, the result can be

illness burnout high attrition rates

Once a job offer is made, the candidate should accept the offer

in a reasonable period of time

The main part of the employment interview is

information sharing between candidate and interviewer

A list of the individual tasks to be carried out on a daily basis, and the time schedule for carrying out those tasks, is called a

job analysis

Which document is the most detailed, as related to job duties?

job analysis

A list of the general duties that an employee will need to perform is called a

job description

A list of the requirements for a specific job is called the

job specification

A skilled worker will

know how to do the job tasks

Reductions in force, which lower the number of employees in a workplace, are commonly known as

layoffs

Short-hour workers are usually scheduled to work

less than 20 hours per week

Typically, part-time workers are scheduled to work

less than 40 hours per week

Which of the following is an acceptable use of photographs in the employment process?

making a photo ID on the first day of work

Which of the following is characteristic of professionals?

making independent judgements working with minimal supervision generally prefer participatory management

Extensive note taking by the hiring manager during an employment interview may interfere with the interviewer's ability to

observe non-verbal cues

The best source of information regarding a job analysis will come from the

person doing the job

A newly hired employee is also called

probationary

In dietetics practice, the four types of workers are

professional, supervisory, skilled, unskilled

One way that organizations will accommodate having a large number of older workers is to

provide better lighting and larger print

The Americans with Disabilities Act requires that

reasonable accommodation be made for disabled workers

Which of the following is NOT an acceptable use of photographs in the employment process?

requiring a photo to be submitted with the application taking a photograph of candidates at the screening interview photos are never used in the work situation

Compensatory time off may be available to

salary workers who have worked overtime

An employment interview in which the manager converses with the candidate, but has planned for the interview by determining the topics that need to be covered, is called

semi-structured interview

If workers who work nights are paid $2.00 per hour more than those who work days, this is called

shift differential

The determination of the number and type of employees that are needed to carry out the work of an organization is called

staffing

When checking employment references, the hiring manager should be certain that

the person contacted is qualified to give a work reference

Double-back pay is earned when

there is insufficient time between the end of one shift and the beginning of another shift

Paying 150% of base rate for overtime is an example of

time-and-a-half pay

Equal Employment Opportunity guidelines require organizations to

treat all job candidates equally

Job-sharing is defined as

two or more employees doing one full-time job

The best course of action to take when a needed employee resigns is to

use this as an opportunity to reevaluate staffing

Hiring incentives, such as a signing bonus, are typically used

when unemployment is low, to lure candidates away from other positions

Ideally, how often should job descriptions be reviewed and/or revised?

whenever the job changes, or at least once a year