Test 2

Sue Moynihan Cox and Janet Stafford visited our class to discuss the Red Hat Case. Recall that after they visited that IBM bought Red Hat. Given what Sue and Janet emphasized in-class and in the case (Sue and I authored it) which measure of fit could become most problematic for Red Hat's staffing function in the future?

Person-Organization Fit

based upon the video by Rowan (2012), which of the following is FALSE

the modern kind of job market Rowan describes has benefited everyone equally over the last 20 years

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

the recruiter needs to be able to relate in a recruit's value system and drive

what is the disadvantage of getting line/hiring managers to recruit for a firm

they have to take time out of their actual jobs

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

transition analysis

which of the following is true of a z score of -3.2 in a distrubution

performance is lower than the gorup average

which of the following are considered to be an underutilized labor source?

qualified persons with disabiliteis

this recruiting method provides both positive and negative information about the job and may reduce turnover through self-selection

realistic job previews

which of the following visually show each of the possible successors for a job and summarizes their strengths, present performance, promotion readiness, and development needs

replacement charts

when an applicant believes that an assessment method is unfair because it has delays and does not respect tte applicant's privacy...

procedural fairness is low

which of the following are detailed records of databases that summarize each employee's skills, competencies, education, training, language spoken, and chances of being promoted?

talent inventories

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

talent inventories

if the items on an assessment method do not seem to be job-related, then, which of the following is true

the assessment method's face validity is low

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

NetApp has tried to fill the post of senior project engineer for a while but has been unable to find a suitable candidate. to avoid further delay in the executive of a major project, NetApp decides to target Julian Patterson, rival from EMC's junior project engineer. On getting an offer that not only pays substantially more that what he currently gets, but also offers greater responsibilities and more learning opportunities, Julian accepts the position. Which of the following is most similar to the sourcing strategy used in the example above?

Maria Luis, an economics professor at Brown University, is hired to head the Economics Department at Cornell University

in class, i demonstrated this technique as a method to find passive job candidates using LinkedIn. (this is the reason why you should have an extensive and detailed LinkedIn profile).

X-raying

for which of the following types of candidates will initial recruiter experiences be more important in their ultimately becoming applicants at all?

passive job seekers

which of the following factors is NOT one that influences recruiter effectiveness

all of the above are factors (the labor market the organization's characteristics the job characteristics co-workers)

On your team projects, some teams are evaluating performance, tenure rates, turnover rates, and employee engagement. while this may be useful to the company, it is not what was asked for in the "description of the project" document. your focus should be on the staffing process. this measure noted in the first sentence above are called

criterion data

this validity approach is most useful when personality or cognitive ability is used to predict performance because need evidence that the constructs being measured are related to job performance

criterion-related validity

failure to measure important aspects of the attribute to be measured results in ______ error

deficiency

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

employee referrals

as listed in Table 6-1 there are many internal and external recruiting sources. this recruiting source is both an internal and external recruiting source

employee referrals

the extent to which items on a given measure, such as a personality survey, reliability assess the same construct is assessed by

internal consistency reliability

you have just completed an analysis of structured behavioral interview your team designed and found that the reliability coefficient is "superior". If we compare scores within the same timeframe and they are subjective measures, what type of reliability measure are we using?

internal consistency reliability

which of the following external recruiting sources is useful for finding semi-passive and passive job seekers?

internet data mining

intelligence test or interview scores are examples of what type of measure

interval

if managers are asked to estimate their optimal headcount for the following year for staffing planning purposes, which of the following have been used?

judgement forecasting

an applicant who finds a recruiter to be rude and unhelpful is likely to percieve

low interactional fairness

when it was just beginning, Wolfpack Consulting, a firm now of similar size and prestige to Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey, conducted unstructured and unstandardized interviews for its consultants among other poor HR practices. They changed their practices quickly by quantifying their selection and talent management practices. the process of assigning numbers according to some rule or convention to aspects of people, job, job performance/success, or aspects of the staffing system is called

measurement

which of the following is the last step in the typical working planning process

monitor, evaluate and revise the forecasts and action plans

alex 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

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

Georgia Pacific seeks HR talent at key universities across the US. As a Talent Acquisition manager, you want to know the proportion of applicants moving from one stage of the hiring process to the next. What is this term called?

staffing yields

asking all job candidates questions from the same interview schedule in the same way is an example of

standardization

The manager at Cisco believes that internal recruiting sources are the best, especially when it comes to filling vacant positions higher up in the hierarchy. Team leaders and managers at Cisco regularly update the internal records of all employees and their performances, promotability, career interest, etc. This allows the company to quickly and cheaply source qualified internal candidates who can be contacted whenever a position needs to be filled. Most of Cisco's managers were promoted to their respective position with the help of this internal database. Which of the following methods of internal sourcing does Cisco use?

talent inventories