Exam 4: Human Resource Planning, recruitment, and Selection

Scenario 4.1: Future Healthcare Labour Market Shortages According to a new Canadian labour market projection report,there are currently labour shortages in a number of occupations,including those in healthcare,particularly doctors and nurses,at both the provincial and national level.These healthcare occupations have employment and wages increasing substantially faster than in other occupations.Unemployment is very low,less than 1% for many healthcare occupations,relative to historical data and to other occupation data.Regional hospitals across Canada have been proactive by implementing strategies and techniques to deal with these shortages. -Please refer to Scenario 4.1.What would be the most effective strategy to deal with the regional hospitals physician shortages?

Educational institutions are typically a source of young applicants with formal training but relatively little full-time work experience.

During periods of high unemployment,it may be necessary to advertise more heavily to attract job applicants.

Private employment agencies have to charge an employer a 10% to 15% placement fee.

What is one advantage of external recruitment?

While the majority of organizations conduct reference checks,there are no legal reasons to do so.

What are two techniques used to assess the internal supply of labour?

What is the primary purpose of the selection process?

Labour market refers to the area from which applicants are to be recruited.

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of using temporary workers?

Which of the following describes the degree to which a selection procedure yields comparable data over successive uses?

Most organizations,because of tradition,predominantly use the employment interview as a method of hiring employees.

Agencies that provide temporary employees are one of the fastest-growing recruitment sources.

What is a primary difference between private and public employment agencies?

Which type of test is used to measure a person's personal qualities for leadership roles?

In recruiting designated group members,managers do not have to be involved in outreach programs.

Which type of test is used to measure a person's general intelligence?

The fee that executive search firms charge ranges from 10% to 30% of the annual salary for the position to be filled.

Since high calibre executives are in short supply,a significant number of large corporations in Canada use search firms to fill their top positions.

Which test measures the applicant's ability to perform the specific tasks that are required for a job?