Recruitment Final

When should medical tests be administered?

after a job offer has been extended

A job analysis that produces a valid selection system identifies characteristics in candidates that

are not easily learned on the job

Having administrative assistant job candidates perform a set of exercises including taking phone messages, typing reports, scheduling meetings, and filing is an example of a(n) ________.

assessment center

Which of the following is a hiring process goal?

attracting diverse applicants

Staffing technology improves the efficiency and effectiveness of the staffing function by ________.

automating many of the steps of the staffing process

Higher performers that are productive within a company can

Generate a greater amount of business

Organizations relying on excellent organization performance would have what type of talent philosophy?

Keeping salaries as low as possible to control costs

Seniority-based promotions make leadership competencies an important hiring criteria even for lower-level positions.

TRUE

Six Sigma methodology begins with a process map.

TRUE

Talent management requires the development of improved processes for attracting, developing, retaining, and utilizing people with the required skills and aptitude to meet current and future business needs.

TRUE

The final hiring decision is usually made by the hiring manager.

TRUE

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, if a disabled applicant can perform the essential functions of a job with reasonable accommodation, they must be considered for the position.

TRUE

Valuing the ideas and contributions of people with diverse ideas and perspectives is a possible component of a company's talent philosophy

TRUE

Viewing employees as an asset to be managed generally leads to a low-cost approach to staffing

TRUE

Typically, when interest rates rise

businesses are less likely to expand

Indirect staffing costs ________.

can be more significant than the direct costs but are more difficult to measure

Which of the following was declared illegal by the Taft-Hartley Labor Act?

closed shop

Comparing the percentages of men, women, or minorities in various job categories to see if men, women, or minorities are disproportionately represented in certain workforce categories is an example of a ________.

concentration statistic

When a company hired Marcus who turned out to be a poor performer, which assessment outcome occurred?

false positive

Comparing the percentage of applicants hired from different subgroups to determine if they are significantly different from each other is an example of a ________.

flow statistic

When Mary hires someone because they share the same interests, which of the following has occurred?

like-me bias

Holding managers accountable for turnover of the employees under them is an effective retention strategy because ________.

managers know which employees to retain

Peter will not take a job that offers a salary below $45,000 per annum but is flexible on where the job is located. For Peter, pay is a ________.

non-compensatory screening factor

Behavioral interviews are more reliable and substantially better than ________ at predicting job performance.

unstructured interviews

Under which of the following circumstances does a company prefer to "churn" rather than keep existing employees?

when technology is developing very rapidly

New salespeople at a retail store generate an average of $50,000 in profit their first year. In addition, the reduced workload on the rest of the sales staff improves their efficiency and ability to provide high-quality customer service by 10 percent. This is worth an additional $20,000 to the company. The cost of hiring and training a new salesperson is expected to be $3,000 and $8,000 respectively. The salary for this position is $35,000. What is the return on investment of hiring an additional salesperson?

152%

According to the resource-based view of the firm, in order to create value, staffing practices must

Enhance the differentiation of the firm's products

Which of the following is true for employment contracts?

An implicit contract is not specified in a written or verbal contract

Why is it more likely that employee referral programs are effective and successful?

Applicants hired through this method lower turnover

Which of the following is the first step in the typical workforce planning process?

Identifying the firm's business strategy

Which of the following is true of transition analysis?

It assumes that all employees in a job have an equal probability of movement

Which of the following is true of a competitive job offer?

It may or may not allow for further negotiations.

The WARN act refers to which of the following?

Layoffs

Which of the following are employees who take on the operation of certain functions, or staff an entire office or factory on a contractual basis for a client or company?

Leased workers

Hiring people who are efficient, trainable, and willing to follow standardized procedures would support an _____________________ competitive advantage

Operational Excellence

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

Transition analysis is

QUANTITATIVE

Seasonal employees are employees hired to work only during a particular part of the year

TRUE

Which of the following, if true, would uphold a company's sustainable competitive advantage in front of rival firms?

Strategic staffing practices are difficult to imitate

Company hands out flyers at local college of engineering, competitors hangs banners at local college of engineering...

Subsitutability

Complying with staffing laws enhances an organization's ability to appeal to a broader customer base

TRUE

Forecasting is not an exact science, and it is rare for a forecast to be exactly correct. Given this uncertainty, it is usually best to use the previous period's data and add or reduce some percentage value based upon managerial intuition.

TRUE

If a company has high turnover, it should focus on filling vacancies quickly and hiring people who can hit the ground running.

TRUE

In a deductive job analysis, the job duties and sometimes even the work tasks have already been determined.

TRUE

A Japanese company that makes electronic watches exports 90 percent of its products to the United States. Which of the following will happen if the dollar strengthens against the Japanese Yen?

The company's watches will become less expensive in the US

___________ is a quantitative technique that can be used to analyze a firm's internal labor markets and forecast its internal labor supply

Transition analysis

Anna is the manager of human resources at Alcatec Inc. She is comparing the number of employees required over the next six months versus the capabilities of her existing workforce adjusted for attrition. She is trying to identify any gaps between the two. Which step of the workforce planning process is discussed here?

conduct a workforce analysis

When viewing employees as assets, the staffing focus is on managing ________.

costs

Idiosyncratic jobs are ________.

created around a current or new employee's unique skills

Which of the following is more likely to warrant changes in an organization's compensation policy to offer above-market wages?

decreasing unemployment rates

The Wolverines are a leading university soccer team. All new recruits to the team must go through certain "rites of passage" which include shaving their heads, swimming in cold water, getting a tattoo of the team's emblem, and other tests of servitude and obedience. This is an example of ________.

disjunctive

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?

employee development

Effective staffing enhances the degree to which a(n) ________.

employee meets a job's requirements

In analyzing a job of a stenographer that is to be advertised as a vacancy, an employer found that the ________ for the job was rapid typing skills.

essential function

Who usually has overall responsibility for conducting socialization programs?

human resources

The way a firm negotiates a job offer with a candidate influences the candidate's perceptions of ________.

interactional fairness

The use of social media for recruiting and sourcing will continue to increase due to ________.

its targeted search capability

Alex and Jane are the best economists that FlexMoney Inc., a consulting firm, has. However, FlexMoney is in urgent need to hire more economists and Alex and Jane are told to come up with all the criteria that they think will influence the ability to succeed in this field. This should give the higher management a good idea of the nature of the job and the kind of people they should be looking to hire. Which job analysis method is being used by FlexMoney?

job elements method

The WARN act of 1988 applies to

private, public, and quasi-public entities which operate in a commercial context

Denise, the human resource manager of a manufacturing company found that the company's socialization process was too overwhelming for new hires. It consisted of presentations, meetings, and seminars packed into the first week of joining the company. She decided to switch into a(n) ________ approach to socializing so that new employees did not suffer from information overload.

staggered

Which of the following, if true, would require a company to make adjustments to its historical employee-productivity ratios?

the company is adopting a more efficient manufacturing system

Which of the following is contained in a task statement?

the physical working conditions of the job

The best use of short-term staffing metrics is ________.

to be leading indicators to assess a company's staffing system