HR test 2

Which question is permissible to ask in job applications and interviews?

Will you need any reasonable accommodation for this hiring process ?

Betty helped a sales manager place an ad on job boards and hire five new salespeople. She calculates that the total cost to recruit and select these employees was $200,000. What was the cost per hire for this recruiting effort

$40000

Which measure of validity is based on showing a substantial correlation between test scores and job performance scores?

Criterion related validity

Which statement best describes a phased-retirement program?

Refers to reducing both the number of hours older employees work as well as the cost of the employees

What is a disadvantage of using temporary and contract workers?

These workers tend to be less committed

A company is having difficulty filling all its positions for systems analysts. The company's human resource manager suggests introducing a kind of personnel policy known as a due-process policy. How is that most likely to help with recruitment?

This policy implies greater job security and concern for employees.

For tests that measure abstract qualities such as intelligence or leadership skills, validity would best be established by __ validation.

construct validity

The statistic that measures the degree to which two sets of numbers are related are known as

correlation coefficients

A CEO determines that the company needs to eliminate a labor surplus to avoid financial difficulties. To deal with this problem, the CEO chooses a strategy that gives fast results. However, the amount of suffering caused to employees is high. The CEO is most likely using the _______ strategy to reduce the labor surplus.

downsizing

Mario has completed the first step in HR planning and is ready to begin the second step

goal setting a strategic planning

A company hires Bradley as a supervisor in the company. Both have an understanding that they have the right to end their relationship at any time

employment at will

Roger is engaging in the first step of HR planning. He is trying to predict what human resources will be needed in the coming year in his organization _______

forecasting

Roger is engaging in the first step of HR planning. He is trying to predict what human resources will be needed in the coming year in his organization. Which step in the HR Planning process is Roger engaged in?

forecasting

Salina hires employees who provide a specific set of knowledge and skills that will give her company advantage over its competitors Salina is...

hiring individuals with a core competency

Marta is a recruiter with a bachelor's degree in business administration. She is well respected among her peers for her professional standards and understanding of the HR field. However, she has noticed that when she recruits engineers for her company, they sometimes seem unresponsive to her. According to some studies discussed in the text, this is happening because Marta

is perceived as less credible because she is an HR specialist

. Nathan and Emily are HR managers at a large investment firm. They are expecting a labor surplus over the next two years resulting in the organization having 24 more employees than needed. Typically, two employees leave the organization each month. Which HR strategy should Nathan and Emily consider, taking into account the length of time they have available?

natural attrition

In the context of evaluating the quality of a recruitment source yield ratios express the

percentage of applicants who successfully move from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to the next

Kareem is a human resource specialist at a company with a promote-from-within policy. Based on that policy, what method should he include in his recruiting efforts to fill an open position for an accounting supervisor?

post the job on the company's intranet

15 people took a test as part of the recruitment process. Three months later, their test scores were compared to their performance on the job

predictive validity

Waldo, an HR manager at Better Beverages, identifies and attracts potential job seekers to his organization. In the context of HRM functions, Waldo is

recruiting

Jake applied for a job at Texco Inc. because his friend Chad, who is a manager there, told him to do so. In this scenario, Jake is a(n)

referral

__ indicates that a test delivers consistent results and is free from random error.

reliability

A manufacturer is experiencing financial losses the company is also facing the problem of labor surplus due to low demand for products

the company should consider downsizing because it is the quickest way to deal with a labor surplus that result in financial losses

In the context of human resource planning, the primary goal of forecasting is to

to predict labor shortages or surpluses in specific areas of an organization