Staffing Questions Chapter 6
Publicizing open jobs to employees is:
Internal job posting.
Which of the following can be considered an underutilized recruiting source?
Qualified persons with disabilities
Hiring top talent away from another company is an example of using which recruiting source?
Raiding competitors.
Which of the following external recruiting sources is fast, cheap, and useful for finding active job seekers?
Walk-ins
Training employees to extend their capabilities and to prepare them to assume other jobs and roles in the firm is:
Employee development.
Job fairs are best for finding passive job seekers.
F; p. 156; Moderate
The high cost of accommodating people with disabilities prevents many firms from hiring them.
F; p. 169; Moderate; AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity
An employee who occasionally visits online job boards "just to see what's out there" in case he can identify a better job opportunity is a(n)
semi-passive job seeker.
The labor market used to source lower-level positions in a firm is most likely to be:
Local.
Nepotism is illegal.
F; p. 154; Easy
Which of the following is a benefit of internal sourcing?
Internal sourcing promotes employee retention.*
Which of the following external recruiting sources is useful for finding passive job seekers?
Internet data mining
Which of the following is NOT a reason organizations consider offshoring?
It is easier than keeping all employees in one country.
Asking your best talent to recommend the best people they've worked with in the past or people they feel would be good performers is an example of:
Referrals.
Which of the following external recruiting sources is fast, cheap, and useful for finding active job seekers?
Résumé databases
The ongoing process of recruiting, evaluating, developing, and preparing employees to assume other positions in the firm in the future is:
Succession management.
Which of the following sourcing methods is best for finding passive job seekers?
Web crawlers.
A new college graduate looking for his or her first job is a(n)
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
geographic targeting.
A successful executive who is happy with her current position and who does not look for information about other jobs, but who might be tempted by a great opportunity is a(n)
passive job seeker.
Learning that your top sales agents like to attend football games and using this information to launch a sales agent recruiting drive at local football games is an example of:
Employee profiling
An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source?
Employee referrals.
Differentiation refers to the coordination of a single global staffing strategy with the organization retaining adequate controls over local operations.
F; p. 171; Easy
Which of the following recruiting sources is an internal recruiting source?
Succession planning.
Internal recruiting sources locate people who currently work for the company who would be good recruits for other positions.
T; p. 152; Easy
For firms whose talent philosophy supports promotion from within, internal sourcing is the core of the staffing system.
T; p. 152; Moderate; AACSB: Analytic Skills
Applicant flow is the number and type of applicants coming from each recruiting source.
T; p. 167; Easy
Recruiting sources should be prioritized based on staffing goals and the results of the recruiting source effectiveness analysis.
T; p. 168; Moderate
Geographic targeting can help an organization reduce turnover.
T; p. 171; Moderate
Sourcing nontraditional applicant pools often requires more creative sourcing activities than does sourcing traditional applicant pools.
T; pp. 168-169; Easy
The need to acknowledge and respect the diversity of local cultures when sourcing and managing a global workforce is called
differentiation.
