Exam 6: Recruiting and Labor Markets

Because of its cutting-edge technical processes,the CEO of Pro-X Components,Inc.,has told the Miguel,the HR director,that Miguel must attract "the cream of the crop" for all scientific job openings in the company.Miguel needs to do all of the following to attract the best new university graduates and top young scientists ,EXCEPT

Job fairs are primarily useful for

Figuring average time from contact to hire allows the firm to

Which of the following would be the LEAST important topic of training for a recruiter who will be conducting interviews on a university campus?

The group of applicants that an organization has available to it when using a particular recruiting approach,such as Internet job boards,is the applicant population.

The labor force population for certain jobs can be global.

Begley Medical Center is recruiting for an oncology nurse practitioner.It would be most effective for Begley Medical Center to advertise

A long term measure of recruiting effectiveness is to compare the number of past applicants who became successful employees with the number of applicants with whom they competed for hiring.

Quincy had been a high-performing benefits specialist for Mentation Enterprises,Inc.for four years.Then Quincy took a job with a benefits consulting firm at a considerable increase in pay.Now,after two years,Quincy would like to return to Mentation Enterprises.Quincy says that he did not like the 24/7 work schedule of the consulting firm,and that he does not mind the lower salary at Mentation because he will be able to "have a life" in his old job.Quincy will have to sign a confidentiality agreement when he leaves the consulting firm.As the director of HR,

The requirements for specific government-issued licenses or professional certifications define ________ labor markets.

As director of HR you are reviewing the statistics for this year's college recruiting.At one state university,of 50 college seniors interviewed you made job offers to 10 students.At a large private university,of 20 students interviewed,you made job offers to 2 students.Based just on this information,which of the following statements is FALSE?

A ____ is a comparison of the number of applicants at one stage of the recruiting process to the number at the next stage.

Which of the following statements about using the Internet for recruiting is FALSE? Internet recruiting

In some industries,such as ____,unions have traditionally supplied workers to employers.

All of the following are advantages of employee databases EXCEPT

A disadvantage of Internet recruiting is that it generates large numbers of passive job seekers who,as a whole,tend to be low-quality.

An effective job posting system has all the following characteristics EXCEPT

Which of the following statements about recruiting friends and family of current employees is TRUE?

As the new director of HR for Mimosa Enterprises,you are examining the recruiting statistics for the organization.You find that the success base rate for chemical engineers is very low.This means that

Recommendations for successful recruiting include all the following processes EXCEPT