Exam 6: Sourcing: Identifying Recruits

A successful executive,who is happy with her current position,does not look for information about other jobs,but might be tempted by a great opportunity is a(n)________.

Axis Partners,a Canadian mutual fund,recently expanded its operations by opening a branch in Shanghai,China,to handle market analysis.The company used an integration strategy for staffing its new office.Entry-level positions in Shanghai were filled by recruiting graduates from local campuses.However,they soon realized that this strategy was not as successful in China as it was in Canada.Which of the following,if true,could explain the reason for this?

Which of the following are considered to be an underutilized labor source?

SteelMakers Inc.(SMI)is in urgent need of senior sales executives.Sales have declined in the last three quarters while the market share of their leading competitor,Steelworld,has steadily increased.SMI has realized that they are losing out not because of inferior products,but because they have not been able to pitch their products as well as Steelworld.After careful observation of the sales efforts of the latter,the SMI management has decided to offer extremely lucrative,hard to refuse,deals to one or two selected members of Steelworld's sales team.Which of the following modes of sourcing is SMI using in this case?

An engineering firm is looking for a civil engineer to head their new project to build a highway.Unable to find the right candidate for the job,the firm resorts to scouting for potential candidates among the employees of rival firms.It offers the assistant chief engineer of its rival firm an extremely lucrative package and the chance to assumegreater responsibilities.This practice is known as ________.

Employee profiling identifies the firm's successful high performing employees andhow similar candidates can be recruited.

Retainer firms are ________.

Internet data mining involves searching the Internet to locate active job seekers with the characteristics and qualifications needed for a position.

The use of social media for recruiting and sourcing will continue to increase due to:

Succession management is the ongoing process of recruiting,evaluating,developing,and preparing employees to assume positions in other firms in the future.

ABZ Corp.has tried to fill the post of a senior project engineer for a while but has been unable to find a suitable candidate.To avoid further delay in the execution of a major project,ABZ Corp.decides to target Julian Patterson,rival firm Telstra Inc.'s junior project engineer.On getting an offer that not only pays substantially more than what he currently gets,but also offers greater responsibilities and more learning opportunities,Julian accepts the position.Which of the following is most similar to the sourcing strategy used in the example above?

Which of the following recruitment strategies can reduce the possibility of overlooking qualified internal talent?

Which of the following refers to the training of employees to extend their capabilities and prepare them to assume other jobs and roles in the firm?

Which of the following is an internal recruiting source?

Which of the following external recruiting sources is useful for finding semi-passive and passive job seekers?

Passive job seekers can be easy to find as they are constantly on the lookout for a better opportunity.

Recruiting sources should be prioritized based on staffing goals and the results of the recruiting source effectiveness analysis.

Differentiation refers to the coordination of a single global staffing strategy with the organization retaining adequate controls over local operations.

What is meant by employee profiling in sourcing?

For firms whose talent philosophy supports promotion from within,internal sourcing is the core of the staffing system.