Exam 4: Planning for and Recruiting Human Resources

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labour shortage has the benefit of being a relatively fast solution while maintaining the ability to change later?

The first step in the workforce planning process is:

The primary reason organizations engage in downsizing is to enhance competitiveness.

All but one of the following enhances recruiter effectiveness.Name the exception.

Which of the following statements about pay strategies is FALSE?

Cost per hire is:

To ensure success with an outsourcing strategy,companies should follow which of the following guidelines?

What is downsizing and what is the primary reason organizations engage in downsizing? What are the four objectives organizations pursue in their downsizing efforts?

Decisions about internal versus external recruiting affect:

What are the three stages of the workforce planning process? Briefly describe each of these three stages.

What recruiter characteristics and behaviours would you look for in a recruiter?

A small company that manufactures special-order wood furniture has kept its employees busy on a 40-hour-a-week schedule for the past two years.The company just received the largest contract in its history from a European company opening offices in the area.There is no expectation of repeat business from the European company.In order to complete the contract in the required six months,additional skilled woodworking employees are needed.Under these circumstances,to avoid an expected labour shortage,the best option would be:

Recruiter characteristics and behaviours have very little effect on recruitment outcomes.

An organization seeking to reduce a projected labour surplus must select from a number of possible options aimed at obtaining that objective (e.g. ,retirements,layoffs,job sharing,etc..This occurs at what step in the workforce planning process?

HR planners need to focus primarily on the internal labour supply within organizations.

Temporary workers may offer benefits not available from permanent employees.

Forecasting indicates your company needs to reduce its white-collar workforce in order to avoid a labour surplus in the next three to five years.Consistent with the corporate culture it wants to maintain,your company places a higher priority on minimizing human suffering than on achieving the labour reduction quickly.The options that are most consistent with these priorities are:

What is employer branding? What does it mean to have an effective employment brand?

Which of the following statements about electronic recruiting is FALSE?

Organizations engage in downsizing to meet which of the following objectives?