Recruitment and Staffing
Putting together an attractive job offer and negotiating with the candidate the company wants to hire is part of
acquiring
Software that tracks recruits to help recruiters identify how many candidates are at each stage of its hiring process is called
applicant tracking system
Promotions are likely to be fastest in organizations in the ---------------- stage of their life cycle
growth
Which of the following statements is true of a recruiting guide?
It details which staff members are responsible for recruiting.
Which of the following external recruiting sources is useful for finding both active and passive job seekers?
A staffing function is centralized when an organization that has multiple business units has one staffing unit that is responsible for meeting the critical needs of all of the company's business units
true
What is the disadvantage of getting line managers to recruit for a firm?
They have to take time out from their actual jobs
Reducing the turnover rate of high performers is an example of a staffing process goal
false
When the employees of an organization cooperate well together and achieve very high performance as a result of how they work together this is an example of a ----------------
human process advantage
Retainer firms are -------------
search firms who charge employers a fixed fee in advance of placement
When an employer studies the causes of turnover among its high performance it is engaging in
staffing analytics
Even if a staffing system hires talented people, without performance goals an accurate performance feedback employee won't perform their best
true
Facially neutral means that all employees and applicants are treated consistently, regardless of their protected characteristics, such as their sex and race.
true
For firms whose talent philosophy supports promotion from within, internal sourcing is the core of the staffing system
true
Recruiters influence job seekers if they are seen as reliable signals of what it would be like to work for that company.
true
Socialization is the process of assimilating or integrating newly hired or recently promoted employees with their job, or group, and organization
true
Viewing employees as an asset to be managed generally leads to a low-cost approach to staffing
true
Which of the following recruiting metric gives the number of employees who voluntarily quit within their first year?
turnover data of the company
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects people ----------------
40 years of age and older
Employment at will is an employment relationship which ------------
allows either the employee or employer to terminate the employment at any time
A recruit's perception of the recruiter's knowledge has little impact on how attractive a job is.
false
A reward's differential refers to the uniqueness of the reward
false
Analyzing the requirements of a job as it exists today is a future-oriented job analysis
false
External hiring reduces organizational diversity
false
It is legal to compare an applicant's scores only to members of his or her own racial subgroup and set separate passing or cutoff scores for each group
false
Most companies can replicate a competitor's capabilities by imitating the competitor's staffing practices
false
Someone who provides their services to a firm as an independent contractor is considered an employee of that firm
false
Strategic staffing consists of filling a job as quickly and cheaply as possible
false
If a company wants to promote from within rather than hire higher level managers from outside the company it should focus on
hiring people who can perform the current job who also have leadership potential
Mrs. Peters filed a complaint against her employers for firing her. She admitted to being late to work five days in a month, but she claimed that she was fired on the grounds of being a female employee. This is an example of
mixed motive case
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)--------
passive job seeker
A summary of the characteristics of someone able to perform the job well is a
person specification
If a staffing specialist evaluates the external labor market to determine how challenging it will be to hire the talents her employer needs over the next few years, which of the following is being done?
planning
Which of the following is the best way for an organization to prepare employees for future ethical situations?
provide scenario-based ethics training
When a staffing professional analysis which recruiting sources produced the highest quality new hires, he is performing a ---------
recruiting yield analysis
Tracy has an interview with a disorganized, unprepared recruiter and concludes that the company does not have a very professional culture. This is an example of ________.
signaling
Locating qualified individuals on labor markets from which to recruit is
sourcing
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
Applicant flow is the number and type of applicants coming from each recruiting source
true
Distributive fairness is the perceived fairness of the hiring or promotion outcome.
true
A role that directly generates revenue for an employer is a
value creator
Websites that continually search the web for information about people with desirable talents and sell access to their database of potential recruits are called ------------
web crawlers
An affirmative action plan should -------------
be remedial
Which of the following is NOT an ethical issue commonly faced by staffing professionals?
Being asked not to lower hiring standards to meet a demanding hiring goal
A company that outsources all its recruiting to an outside company is using_______.
full-scale recruitment process outsourcing
Dana works as a financial consultant at a start-up company called MoneyCare. While some of her friends earn more than she does working for similar positions in other companies, Dana finds her work far more interesting and challenging than what her friends do. As MoneyCare is a smaller organization, Dana has a lot of responsibilities and believes that she's actually learning far more on the job than she thought she would. Which of the following statements is true about Dana?
She finds the intrinsic rewards from this job very satisfying
While interviewing Denise for the position of counselor at the local rehabilitation facility for troubled teens, she was informed that her line of work would involve interacting with youths who have a history of violent behavior as well as drug and alcohol abuse. Denise accepts the position without hesitation. What function of the realistic job preview is being discussed here?
a commitment to the choice
A(n) -------------------- only employs people who are already union members
closed shop
Axis Auto tries to keep its operational spending as low as possible so that it can pass it savings onto customers in the form of lower prices this is known as a ------------ strategy
cost-leadership
When viewing employees as assets, the staffing focus is on managing --------------
costs
When the main job duties have already been determined, a(n) --------------job analysis will be required
deductive
When a manager specifies what a new job will require and how it should be done she's engaging in job ---------------
design
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
An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source?
employee referrals
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act ---------------
ensures that member of the uniformed services can return to their civilian employment after their military service ends
If the job of a loader exists to load packages on delivery drugs, the ability to safely lift and load packages into a truck is a(n) --------------
essential function
A job duty is an observable unit of work with a beginning and an end
false
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 film. This should give the higher management 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
Which of the following means of sourcing talent is sometimes considered unethical?
lateral hiring
When Mary hires a candidate because they went to the same university, which of the following has occurred?
like-me bias