Exam 5: Planning For, Recruiting, and Selecting the Workforce

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

What does recruiting from within enable an organization to do?

Résumés provide job-related information about the job seeker.

What is an advantage of using temporary workers?

One purpose of application forms is to provide a basis for the questions that will be asked during an interview.

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

Personality tests have a high ability to predict job performance.

Management forecasts are an example of quantitative analysis.

Depending on the type of job, applicants may be interviewed by one person, by members of a work team, or by the other individuals in the organization.

In what type of organization does HR planning happen more systematically?

Transferring employees to another department is a common tactic when managing an employee with performance issues.

Many public- and private-sector organizations have integrated promotion policies as part of their employment equity programs.

Which of the following is an emerging trend in employee selection practices?

The boundaries of a labour market will vary with the type of job to be filled and the amount of compensation to be paid for the job.

A disadvantage to external recruitment is that the process does not identify many qualified candidates for the job.

Explain the importance of human resource planning for staffing needs.

Without the knowledge of what work is to be done and the skills required to do the work, the manager cannot select qualified employees.

For demanding and potentially dangerous jobs, the use of physical ability tests is recommended.

Which employment agency service is growing the fastest?

What is one advantage of external recruitment?