Exam 4: Human Resource Planning, recruitment, and Selection

Cost of advertising is not a constraint in an organization's effort to recruit from outside.

Generally,employment tests may be viewed as measuring either aptitude or achievement of the applicant.

The selection process involves measuring the applicant's competencies and matching them with requirements of the job and the needs of the organization.

What is the term for the interview approach that allows the applicant a maximum amount of freedom in determining the course of the discussion?

All interview questions must be appropriate in accordance with the Human Rights prohibited grounds.

The process that informs the applicants about the qualifications required to perform the job and the career opportunities the organization offers its employees is known as performance evaluation.

One advantage of external recruitment is that the individual may bring unique skills that the company needs now.

What is the process of setting overall organization objectives and developing plans to achieve them called?

Although external recruitment is usually organized and coordinated by the HR department,the line manager frequently gives suggestions about the advertisement and where to recruit.

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 are two human resource external supply estimate techniques that the regional hospitals could use?

Interview training programs increase the effectiveness of interviewers in assessing and evaluating candidates fairly and accurately.

An interview in which applicants are asked questions about what they actually did in a given situation is known as a behavioural description interview.

The number of steps in the selection process and their sequence will vary with the organization and the type and level of the jobs to be filled.

Well-written advertisements highlight the major assets of the position while showing the responsiveness of the organization to the job and career needs of the applicant.

In employee selection,the indicator of the extent to which data from a selection procedure accurately predicts job performance is known as validity.

Aptitude tests measure a person's capacity to learn or acquire skills;they are also referred to as cognitive ability tests.

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 unit clerk shortages?

Personality tests measure personal characteristics such as extroversion,dependability and honesty.

The degree to which a source of information or a selection method yields comparable data over a period of time is known as reliability.

The process of identifying,developing,and tracking key internal employees for future promotions is called succession planning.