Exam 5: Recruiting and Selecting Employees

The labor supply for an organization is how many workers are available with the required skills to meet company needs.

Personality tests, while valid and reliable, are not generally accepted as legally defensible in the selection process.

Which of the following is an example of a direct performance test?

If an employer does not thoroughly check information provided by a potential employee who later commits a crime while an employee, the company can be held liable for a negligent hiring.

Which activity would most likely be required of job applicants taking a work sample test?

A(n)________ is a set of simulated tasks or exercises that candidates are asked to perform.

Selection tools should be reliable and valid. By reliable, we mean that the tool measures consistently across time and evaluators. By valid, we mean that scores from the tools correspond to actual job performance.

If labor demand exceeds labor supply, HR needs can best be met through:

________ is the process an organization uses to ensure that it has the right amount and the right kind of people to deliver a particular level of output or services in the future.

Steve, an HR supervisor at APEX construction, has recently noticed a shortage of skilled workers due to a building boom in the area. He must find new workers quickly because it is uncertain how long the boom will last. He decides to hire nontraditional laborers. The most likely disadvantage of using nontraditional laborers is the:

________ is the process of making a "hire" or "no-hire" decision regarding each applicant for a job.

In the hiring process, generating a pool of qualified candidates for a job constitutes the ________ phase.

After an extensive recruiting effort, your company has contacted 225 interested individuals. At the application deadline, you have received 75 applications. What is your contact-to-applicant ratio?

Sebastian is concerned about his most recent hires at Anderson Brothers Company. He believed that by basing his selection on job-knowledge tests administered during the interview, he would have few problems with inept hires and would find the best employee for each position. He has found though, that the eight employees who were hired during the last hiring period each have had complaints about lack of competence and job knowledge. This most likely indicates that the tests lack:

Most of the measures used in hiring decisions focus on an applicant's:

The selection process may involve a significant amount of testing. Describe the various tests HR professionals have to choose from, why they use each, and the importance of the validity and reliability of the tests used.

According to research, employees who perform their jobs at above-average levels are:

Which of the following is important for an employer to remember when reading letters of recommendation about job applicants?

Damen is reviewing the results of an employment test his company has been using. The scores do not relate well to applicants' actual job performance once hired. This test is most likely subject to a:

Qualitative forecasting techniques permit the firms to incorporate any factors or conditions the forecaster wishes to consider.