Exam 11: Human Resource Management: Finding and Keeping the Best Employees

Garrett works in his firm's human resources department. He is responsible for designing a new job application form for his firm. The questions Garrett includes on the new form should avoid broad questions about the applicant's beliefs, culture and family background, and should focus instead on factors such as the applicant's work experience, education, and career objectives.

With the advent of more sophisticated technology, employers who operate locally and globally and want all employees to receive the same training may opt for ______.

A major advantage of a piecework pay system is that it:

__________ is a type of training that duplicates the exact combination of conditions that occur on the job.

One way human resource managers can keep current on human resource legislation and rulings is to read current business literature such as The Wall Street Journal and Business Week.

Employment testing:

Kandew Electronics requires all employees who work as research specialists in its electrical engineering department to have a minimum of a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering (BSEE). This educational requirement would most likely be stated in the job _________ for this position.

In recent years, firms have expanded off-the-job training to include personal development subjects such as time management, health and nutrition, and language.

Congress has given the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission broad powers to issue guidelines for acceptable employer behavior concerning employment opportunities.

CareerBuilder and Monster are examples of:

Markus believes that due to changing technology the minimum skill level that his company is requiring for computer-intensive jobs should be increased to include knowledge and experience in higher-level programming applications. These new requirements would be reflected in _______________ for various jobs at his company.

The concept of "reasonable accommodations" means that all workers should be treated in the same manner.

____________ introduces new employees to the organization, their fellow workers, their supervisors, and to the policies, practices, and objectives of the firm.

The reason industries such as robotics and biotechnology have grown rapidly in recent years is that the United States has a surplus of highly educated and experienced workers available for employment in these fields.

Temporary help services, job fairs and the Internet are external sources for recruitment.

In a _____________ arrangement two part-time employees fill one full-time job.

In coming years, high-tech growth areas such as computers, biotechnology, and robots are likely to experience a:

Melville Bank is about to implement a job-sharing plan. The bank is likely to find that scheduling workers for peak periods will become easier as the result of this policy.

Although the skills learned do not always translate into profits for the company, ______ pay rewards the growth of both the individual and team participation.

Lanie wants to know how many workers in her company have certain specialized skills and have received training to update their qualifications within the past year. She could use a human resource inventory to help her find this type of information.