P&G Ch 6

Which of the following are considered to be an underutilized labor source? A. qualified persons with disabilities B. career fairs C. employee referrals D. written job advertisements

A. qualified persons with disabilities

Hiring top talent away from another company is an example of using which recruiting source? A. raiding competitors B. employee referrals C. internet data mining D. networking

A. raiding competitors

Web sites that continually search the Web for information about people with desirable talents and sell access to their database of potential recruits are called ________. A. web crawlers B. career fairs C. job boards D. career sites

A. web crawlers

An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source? A. employee referrals B. search firms C. job fairs D. college recruiting

A. employee referrals

Which of the following external recruiting sources is useful for finding semi-passive and passive job seekers? A. online job boards B. military transition services C. walk-ins D. internet data mining

D. internet data mining

In geographic targeting, the labor market used to source lower-level positions in a firm is most likely to be ________. A. national B. international C. regional D. local

D. local

Which of the following means of sourcing talent is sometimes considered unethical? A. acquisitions and mergers B. transitional talent deployment C. data mining D. raiding

D. raiding

Which of the following recruitment strategies can help an organization reduce labor costs and improve customer service together with accessing top talent? A. offshoring B. resume databases C. observation D. trade fairs

A. offshoring

Which of the following refers to the training of employees to extend their capabilities and prepare them to assume other jobs and roles in the firm? A. succession management B. employee development C. internal job posting D. leadership development program

B. employee development

An engineering firm is looking for a civil engineer to head their new project to build a highway. Unable to find the right candidate for the job, the firm resorts to scouting for potential candidates among the employees of rival firms. It offers the assistant chief engineer of its rival firm an extremely lucrative package and the chance to assume greater responsibilities. This practice is known as ________. A. flip searching B. pull-up hire C. data mining D. tracking

B. pull-up hire

Retainer firms are ________. A. sites that allow employers to post job vacancies B. search firms who charge employers a fixed fee in advance of placement C. firms that require a large group of new recruits within a short period of time D. organizations that keep in-house sources

B. search firms who charge employers a fixed fee in advance of placement

Which of the following external recruiting sources is fast, cheap, and useful for finding active job seekers? A. creative sourcing B. walk-ins C. career sites D. schools

B. walk-ins

The use of social media for recruiting and sourcing will continue to increase due to ________. A. its targeted search capability B. the recruitment of the older workforce C. its use of networking. D. its general search capacity

A. its targeted search capability

A successful executive, who is happy with her current position, does not look for information about other jobs, but might be tempted by a great opportunity is a(n) ________. A. passive job seeker B. semi-passive job seeker C. active job seeker D. non-active job seeker

A. passive job seeker

The need to acknowledge and respect the diversity of local cultures when sourcing and managing a global workforce is called ________. A. integration B. differentiation C. diversification D. localization

B. differentiation

Which of the following is a benefit of social networking as a sourcing method? A. It is more effective than external sourcing. B. It increases diversity of talent available. C. It promotes employee retention. D. It takes longer than external sourcing.

B. It increases diversity of talent available.

ABZ Corp. has tried to fill the post of a senior project engineer for a while but has been unable to find a suitable candidate. To avoid further delay in the execution of a major project, ABZ Corp. decides to target Julian Patterson, rival firm Telstra Inc.'s junior project engineer. On getting an offer that not only pays substantially more than what he currently gets, but also offers greater responsibilities and more learning opportunities, Julian accepts the position. Which of the following is most similar to the sourcing strategy used in the example above? A. James, a project leader with 10 subordinates, accepts an offer from a rival firm to lead a group of 20 people. B. Maria Luis, an economics professor at Brown University, is hired to head the Economics Department of Cornell University. C. A company, keen on hiring Alex, increases its initial offer after hearing that other firms are offering him better pay packages. D. Laura Jones, a corporate lawyer, accepts an offer from the country's leading corporate law firm that offers more money.

B. Maria Luis, an economics professor at Brown University, is hired to head the Economics Department of Cornell University.

A new college graduate looking for his or her first job is a(n) ________. A. non-active job seeker B. semi-passive job seeker C. active job seeker D. passive job seeker

C. active job seeker

Filling lower-level positions from the local labor market and higher-level positions from the regional or national labor market is an example of ________. A. global staffing B. labor market analysis C. geographic targeting D. job fairs

C. geographic targeting

An HR manager trying to recruit for a number of key positions in a firm asks the best talent to recommend the best employees they've worked with in the past or employees they feel would be good performers. This is an example of ________. A. networking B. internal job posting C. referrals D. external job posting

C. referrals

The ongoing process of recruiting, evaluating, developing, and preparing employees to assume other positions in the firm in the future is ________. A. a qualifications inventory B. resume database building C. succession management D. a job posting system

C. succession management

The management at Ajax Corporation believes that internal recruiting sources are the best, especially when it comes to filling vacant positions higher up in the hierarchy. Team leaders and managers at Ajax regularly update the internal records of all employees and their performances, promotability, career interests, etc. This allows the company to quickly and cheaply source qualified internal candidates who can be contacted whenever a position needs to filled. Most of Ajax's managers were promoted to their respective positions with the help of this internal database. Which of the following methods of internal sourcing does Ajax use? A. employee referrals B. internal job posting system C. talent inventories D. succession management

C. talent inventories

Which of the following recruitment strategies can reduce the possibility of overlooking qualified internal talent? A. internal job posting systems B. employee referrals C. talent inventories D. employee development

C. talent inventories

Why is it more likely that employee referral programs are effective and successful? A. Employees who refer applicants are given a reward. B. Employees generally provide accurate information about referrals. C. Heterogeneity of a firm is affected positively by this method. D. Applicants hired through this method lower high turnover.

D. Applicants hired through this method lower high turnover.

Angstrom is a company that produces electronic goods. In the past, Angstrom used newspaper advertisements as the only method to recruit engineers. Recently it used college hiring, career sites, and employee referrals in addition to its usual method. Which of the following would be the most likely result of this? A. The effectiveness of newspaper adverts will decrease. B. The turnover rate of employees will decrease. C. The company will spend less on recruitment. D. The heterogeneity of the workforce will increase.

D. The heterogeneity of the workforce will increase.

Online job fairs are best for recruiting ________. A. latent job seekers B. passive job seekers C. non active job seekers D. active job seekers

D. active job seekers

Firms operating globally often need to give some latitude to their local managers to tailor their strategies and practices to meet the needs of their locations. This highlights the ________ aspect of global sourcing. A. specialization B. standardization C. integration D. differentiation

D. differentiation

Publicizing open jobs to employees is known as ________. A. external job posting B. employee development C. succession planning D. internal job posting

D. internal job posting

SteelMakers Inc. (SMI) is in urgent need of senior sales executives. Sales have declined in the last three quarters while the market share of their leading competitor, Steelworld, has steadily increased. SMI has realized that they are losing out not because of inferior products, but because they have not been able to pitch their products as well as Steelworld. After careful observation of the sales efforts of the latter, the SMI management has decided to offer extremely lucrative, hard to refuse, deals to one or two selected members of Steelworld's sales team. Which of the following modes of sourcing is SMI using in this case? A. pull-up hire B. employee referrals C. ambushing D. poaching

D. poaching

Which of the following is an internal recruiting source? A. college recruiting B. boolean searching C. career fairs D. succession management

D. succession management