Midterm CHP 1-7 (Staffing)

Typing at least 90 words per minute with 3 or fewer errors is a____

skill

Which of the following is a contained in a task statement?

the physical working conditions of the job

The_____describes how personal information such as that provided by a job applicant is handled in the European Union

General Data Protection Regulation

Focus on maximizing how quickly a position can be filled improves the____ of the staffing process

Quality

Amy was unhappy with the way she was treated when she applied for the position of a shop-floor assistant at a local retail outlet. When her friend Carrie hears about this, she stops shopping at that store. This is an example of

Spillover Effect

____is being used to speed up hiring, lower hiring costs, and enhance the candidate experience during the hiring process

Staffing Technology

Which of the following is a common ethical issue in recruiting

What information to communicate to job seekers

when viewing an applicants and employee as investors the goal is to______

give applicants and employees a return on their personal contribuitions in the organization

If a company want to promote from within rather than hire higher level managers from outside the company is should focus on_____

hiring people who can perform the current job who also have leadership potential

When a manager wants her employer to hire her niece this an example of_____

nepotism

Compstar Limited establishes a mutually beneficial relationship in which employees are recognized as investing their resources, such as time or energy, in exchange for pay and benefits and an opportunity to develop their skills. This is an example of ________.

viewing employees as investors

An employer who uses artificial intelligence to hold a "conversation" with online job seekers to answer questions and help people complete their job applications is a_____

Chatbot

Which of the following is NOT a leading indicator of ethical staffing issues

A low hiring yield

a(n)______is an essential new hire qualification

BFOQ

Idiosyncratic jobs are ________.

Created around a current or new employee's unique skills

Phoebe Johnson is a senior HR executive at CarMakers Corp. She has been informed that the company needs to hire five line workers for their Kingston plant. Phoebe decides to go down to the plant to get a better idea of the work. She speaks to the line workers there and gets firsthand information about the important aspects of the job involved. Phoebe is using the ________ method to collect information.

Desk Audit

When a recruiter is late and unprepared for an interview, the applicant is likely to perceive low_______

Distributive Fairness

In which of the following cases would a company opt for a short-term staffing strategy

Employee turnover is high

Which of these is a way that employers try to manage temporary talent shortages

Hire Consultants

If 33 percent of Hispanics are hired, 42 percent of whites are hired, and 50 percent of blacks are hired, disparate impact has occurred against ________.

Hispanics

Which of the following seems to be most important with regard to recruiter demographics

The recruiter needs to be able to relate to a recruit's value system and drive.

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

decreasing unemployment rates

After the gaps between the firm's labor supply and labor demand are identified, a firm should:

develop and implement action plans

A manager only hires Hispanic women as secretaries. This is an example of ________.

disparate treatment

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 ________.

employee referrals

An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source

employee referrals

A formal group of cluster of tasks is a

job

Organizations relying on a cost-leadership strategy would have what type of talent philosophy

keeping salaries as low as possible to control costs

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

leased workers

____relate to the hiring process itself

Evaluation goals

RST is a small software firm that operates using the very latest technology. As a result, the employee skill sets required change rapidly. The skill sets of employees who have been with the company for several years are found to be inferior to those of new hires, and the company has realized that fresh graduates are often better qualified to handle the projects. The firm's resources are limited and it needs to spend as little as possible on the staffing function, reserving most of its capital for project-specific investments. Which of the following staffing goals would be most suited to the company's needs?

Hiring employees every two years on a contract basis

The_______ethical approach proposes that an action must treat those affected by it with respect and in ways to which they have freely consented and not just to make money for an employer.

Human Rights

Which of the following is generally not a desirable recruiter characteristic?

Introversion

Which of the following is true about external hiring

It can enhance organizational diversity

strategic staffing is a(n)_____process

Matchmaking

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?

Poaching

Identify the primary limitation of all forecasting techniques

They rely on historical patterns and activity levels

Which of the following is the first of the seven components of strategic staffing

Workforce Planning

A college senior looking for her first full-time job is a(n)______job seeker

active

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

are not easily learned on the job

Why is it usually best to supplement that ration scatter plot, and trend forecasting methods with managerial

because historical trends and relationships can change

Which of the following are considered to be an underutilized labor source

qualified person with disabilities

This could be an example of

quid pro quo harassment

A right-to-work state prohibits

union shops

Which of the following recruitment strategies can reduce the possibility of overlooking qualified internal talent

talent inventories