Question 1

Which of the following is a feature of job posting and bidding?

Accepted Answer

A)  It gives existing employees the first chance at job openings before external candidates are considered. 
B)  Job posting reduces the threat of organizational "in breeding," because the posting crosses divisional and departmental boundaries in the search for new talent. 
C)  Job postings significantly hinder an employee's chances of promotion within an organization. 
D)  In the case of internal recruitment, job posting is not a reliable source. 
A)  It gives existing employees the first chance at job openings before external candidates are considered. 
B)  Job posting reduces the threat of organizational "in breeding," because the posting crosses divisional and departmental boundaries in the search for new talent. 
C)  Job postings significantly hinder an employee's chances of promotion within an organization. 
D)  In the case of internal recruitment, job posting is not a reliable source.

Question 2

A(n) ____ typically takes over the staff of a small business and writes the paychecks, pays the taxes, prepares and implements HR policies, and keeps all the required records for a fee.

Accepted Answer

A)  employment agency 
B)  payroll vendor 
C)  professional employer organization 
D)  third-party employer 
A)  employment agency 
B)  payroll vendor 
C)  professional employer organization 
D)  third-party employer

Question 3

Which of the following would be an advantage for U.S. organizations that do not want to outsource their work overseas?

Accepted Answer

A)  Advancements in American worker productivity 
B)  Rapidly rising labor costs in countries like India and China 
C)  Restrictive U.S. requirements for work permits 
D)  Large tax penalties that U.S. firms must pay if they outsource jobs 
A)  Advancements in American worker productivity 
B)  Rapidly rising labor costs in countries like India and China 
C)  Restrictive U.S. requirements for work permits 
D)  Large tax penalties that U.S. firms must pay if they outsource jobs

Question 4

Employment agencies typically have their own workforce, which they supply by contract to employers with jobs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Mention the factors that need to be considered when dealing with job posting systems.

Accepted Answer

When establishing and managing a job pos

Question 6

Why is it important to formally evaluate and measure recruiting? What are some methods that can be used to evaluate recruiting?

Accepted Answer

Recruiting is costly but important for a

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of Internet recruiting?

Accepted Answer

A)  Twitter is rarely used by recruiters because of the 140-word limit. 
B)  The broad reach of Internet recruiting has significantly reduced the amount of discrimination against job seekers from racial/ethnic groups because it enlarges the applicant population exponentially over traditional recruiting methods. 
C)  If a recruiter checks an applicant's Facebook account, learns that the applicant is Jewish, and then rejects the applicant, the company can be charged with an EEO discrimination complaint. 
D)  An advantage of Internet recruiting is that it streamlines EEO data gathering because everyone who accesses a job Web site is considered an applicant for legal purposes. 
A)  Twitter is rarely used by recruiters because of the 140-word limit. 
B)  The broad reach of Internet recruiting has significantly reduced the amount of discrimination against job seekers from racial/ethnic groups because it enlarges the applicant population exponentially over traditional recruiting methods. 
C)  If a recruiter checks an applicant's Facebook account, learns that the applicant is Jewish, and then rejects the applicant, the company can be charged with an EEO discrimination complaint. 
D)  An advantage of Internet recruiting is that it streamlines EEO data gathering because everyone who accesses a job Web site is considered an applicant for legal purposes.

Question 8

John's Medical is recruiting for the post of an oncology nurse practitioner. It would be most effective for John's Medical to advertise:

Accepted Answer

A)  on a microblogging site like Twitter. 
B)  online recruitment videos on a general job board such as Monster.com or CareerTV. 
C)  on the Web site of the oncology nurse practitioner professional organization. 
D)  on a social networking site such as Facebook. 
A)  on a microblogging site like Twitter. 
B)  online recruitment videos on a general job board such as Monster.com or CareerTV. 
C)  on the Web site of the oncology nurse practitioner professional organization. 
D)  on a social networking site such as Facebook.

Question 9

A passive job seeker is one who:

Accepted Answer

A)  seeks a job merely because it is a requirement of receiving unemployment compensation. 
B)  conducts a haphazard and unplanned job search. 
C)  has a good job and is not actively looking to change jobs. 
D)  is an employed individual who is not satisfied with his or her current job. 
A)  seeks a job merely because it is a requirement of receiving unemployment compensation. 
B)  conducts a haphazard and unplanned job search. 
C)  has a good job and is not actively looking to change jobs. 
D)  is an employed individual who is not satisfied with his or her current job.

Question 10

Yield ratio is a measure of the quality of job applicants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Describe some of the flexible staffing alternatives available to employers. Why are some organizations examining these alternatives? What are the main advantages and disadvantages?

Accepted Answer

Several alternatives to regular full-tim

Question 12

Santiago is the HR director of Illumin Media, a mid-sized organization. He notices that the proportion of minorities in his company's managerial ranks is too low. To solve the issue, Illumin Media should consider recruiting methods that reach a larger applicant population of experienced managers, such as contacting professional associations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true of job boards?

Accepted Answer

A)  Job boards enable job seekers to submit résumés to many employers simultaneously. 
B)  Much of the information provided by companies on job boards is intended to mislead competitors. 
C)  Applicants hired from job boards always have worse average performance levels than applicants hired via social networking media. 
D)  Job boards fail to offer access to numerous candidates. 
A)  Job boards enable job seekers to submit résumés to many employers simultaneously. 
B)  Much of the information provided by companies on job boards is intended to mislead competitors. 
C)  Applicants hired from job boards always have worse average performance levels than applicants hired via social networking media. 
D)  Job boards fail to offer access to numerous candidates.

Question 14

Linda is the director of HR at Colette Value Inc., a large tax-preparation firm. The firm faces a dearth of tax preparers every year when the tax season approaches. Every December, Linda outsources a bulk of the recruiting process to an employment agency to recruit temporary employees before the tax season begins. However, she wants to do so without excessively limiting her final hiring decisions. Which of the following processes of recruitment should Linda carry out first hand?

Accepted Answer

A)  Advertising for recruitment over the Internet 
B)  Preliminary screening of résumés 
C)  Designing the employment advertisements 
D)  Face-to-face interviews with finalists 
A)  Advertising for recruitment over the Internet 
B)  Preliminary screening of résumés 
C)  Designing the employment advertisements 
D)  Face-to-face interviews with finalists

Question 15

What are the major factors that need to be considered before a firm approaches a global labor market?

Accepted Answer

Employers in the United States are tappi

Question 16

The major saving in time generated by Internet recruiting compared with traditional recruiting is:

Accepted Answer

A)  the time taken for conducting face-to-face interviews. 
B)  the time taken for communication between the applicants and the employer. 
C)  the time taken by new recruits to settle in a job. 
D)  the time taken by HR staff members for handling blogs, tweets, and email with applicants versus snail mail, faxes and phone calls. 
A)  the time taken for conducting face-to-face interviews. 
B)  the time taken for communication between the applicants and the employer. 
C)  the time taken by new recruits to settle in a job. 
D)  the time taken by HR staff members for handling blogs, tweets, and email with applicants versus snail mail, faxes and phone calls.

Question 17

Briefly discuss six methods of making the recruiting process more effective.

Accepted Answer

Evaluation of the following recruiting a

Question 18

The term "applicant population" refers to all individuals looking for a job in a particular geographic area.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Calculating the average time from contact to hire allows a firm to most accurately:

Accepted Answer

A)  calculate the cost per hire. 
B)  estimate the efficiency of recruiters. 
C)  calculate the "float time" in the recruiting process. 
D)  target the most time-efficient recruiting sources. 
A)  calculate the cost per hire. 
B)  estimate the efficiency of recruiters. 
C)  calculate the "float time" in the recruiting process. 
D)  target the most time-efficient recruiting sources.

Question 20

The percent of applicants hired divided by the total number of applicants offered jobs is termed as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the selection rate. 
B)  the success base rate. 
C)  the acceptance rate. 
D)  the fill rate. 
A)  the selection rate. 
B)  the success base rate. 
C)  the acceptance rate. 
D)  the fill rate.

Which of the following is a feature of job posting and bidding?

A(n) ____ typically takes over the staff of a small business and writes the paychecks, pays the taxes, prepares and implements HR policies, and keeps all the required records for a fee.

Which of the following would be an advantage for U.S. organizations that do not want to outsource their work overseas?

Employment agencies typically have their own workforce, which they supply by contract to employers with jobs.

Mention the factors that need to be considered when dealing with job posting systems.

Why is it important to formally evaluate and measure recruiting? What are some methods that can be used to evaluate recruiting?

Which of the following statements is true of Internet recruiting?

John's Medical is recruiting for the post of an oncology nurse practitioner. It would be most effective for John's Medical to advertise:

A passive job seeker is one who:

Yield ratio is a measure of the quality of job applicants.

Describe some of the flexible staffing alternatives available to employers. Why are some organizations examining these alternatives? What are the main advantages and disadvantages?

Which of the following statements is true of job boards?

What are the major factors that need to be considered before a firm approaches a global labor market?

The major saving in time generated by Internet recruiting compared with traditional recruiting is:

Briefly discuss six methods of making the recruiting process more effective.

The term "applicant population" refers to all individuals looking for a job in a particular geographic area.

Calculating the average time from contact to hire allows a firm to most accurately:

The percent of applicants hired divided by the total number of applicants offered jobs is termed as:

Human Resource Management in Organizations

Human Resources Strategy and Planning

Equal Employment Opportunity

Workforce, Jobs, and Job Analysis

Individualorganization Relations and Retention

Selecting Human Resources

Training Human Resources

Talent, Careers, and Development

Performance Management and Appraisal

Total Rewards and Compensation

Variable Pay and Executive Compensation

Managing Employee Benefits

Risk Management and Worker Protection

Employee Rights and Responsibilities

Unionmanagement Relations

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Exam 6: Recruiting and Labor Markets

Which of the following is a feature of job posting and bidding?

A(n) ____ typically takes over the staff of a small business and writes the paychecks, pays the taxes, prepares and implements HR policies, and keeps all the required records for a fee.

Which of the following would be an advantage for U.S. organizations that do not want to outsource their work overseas?

Employment agencies typically have their own workforce, which they supply by contract to employers with jobs.

Mention the factors that need to be considered when dealing with job posting systems.

Why is it important to formally evaluate and measure recruiting? What are some methods that can be used to evaluate recruiting?

Which of the following statements is true of Internet recruiting?

John's Medical is recruiting for the post of an oncology nurse practitioner. It would be most effective for John's Medical to advertise:

A passive job seeker is one who:

Yield ratio is a measure of the quality of job applicants.

Describe some of the flexible staffing alternatives available to employers. Why are some organizations examining these alternatives? What are the main advantages and disadvantages?

Which of the following statements is true of job boards?

What are the major factors that need to be considered before a firm approaches a global labor market?

The major saving in time generated by Internet recruiting compared with traditional recruiting is:

Briefly discuss six methods of making the recruiting process more effective.

The term "applicant population" refers to all individuals looking for a job in a particular geographic area.

Calculating the average time from contact to hire allows a firm to most accurately:

The percent of applicants hired divided by the total number of applicants offered jobs is termed as:

Human Resource Management in Organizations

Human Resources Strategy and Planning

Equal Employment Opportunity

Workforce, Jobs, and Job Analysis

Individualorganization Relations and Retention

Selecting Human Resources

Training Human Resources

Talent, Careers, and Development

Performance Management and Appraisal

Total Rewards and Compensation

Variable Pay and Executive Compensation

Managing Employee Benefits

Risk Management and Worker Protection

Employee Rights and Responsibilities

Unionmanagement Relations

Filters