Deck 4: Recruiting, Selecting, and Hiring a Healthcare Workforce

Question 1

Recruitment is a process of attracting applicants for job openings.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A direct method of employee recruitment is a company presence on social media.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Organizations recruit both internally and externally.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Promotions from within an organization can be an incentive for employees.

Question 5

An internship program is a partnership with the organization and an educational institution, so the student may receive educational credits for their work.

Question 6

Most internships are paid positions.

Question 7

Internal recruitment methods are less successful than external recruitment methods because employees may refer their friends who may not be qualified.

Question 8

Advertising in trade publications that target nurses is an example of an internal recruitment method.

Question 9

Advertising a job opening on an organization's website is an expensive way to recruit potential employees.

Question 10

Temporary employment agencies provide employees for short- and long-term assignments.

Question 11

More health care organizations such as the Cleveland Clinic are using social media to connect to their patients and employees.

Question 12

The main goal of a recruitment process is to generate a large pool of applicants regardless of their qualifications.

Question 13

Electronic job recruitment is becoming less common because it is so expensive.

Question 14

Cognitive ability tests measures not only cognitive ability but the individual's risk for substance abuse.

Question 15

A telephone interview is considered part of the screening process.

Question 16

Sending diverse interviewers to job fairs will encourage discourage diversity in job applicants.

Question 17

There are no exceptions to disparate treatment.

Question 18

Integrity tests are being used more frequently because their validity is high.

Question 19

A (n) ______________ of employee recruitment is a company presence on social media websites.

A) Direct method
B) Indirect method
C) Internal recruitment method
D) Invalid method

Question 20

The main goal of the recruitment process is to generate a ______________ of applicants to select from to support the organization's success.

A) Unqualified pool
B) Diverse pool
C) Qualified pool
D) None are correct

Question 21

Which of these are examples of external recruitment sources?

A) Print media
B) Career websites
C) Private employment agencies
D) All are correct

Question 22

Which of these are examples of direct methods of recruiting?

A) Organization's website
B) Electronic job fairs
C) Career websites
D) All are correct

Question 23

Which choice represents characteristics of successful recruiters/interviewers?

A) Excellent oral communication skills
B) A good listener
C) Unhappy with company
D) A and B

Question 24

The first step in a typical selection process consists of?

A) Initial screening of applications
B) Interviewing qualified applicants
C) Administering any tests
D) Conducting a reference check.

Question 25

The purpose of psychomotor tests is to measure:

A)Memory, verbal and math comprehension
B) Problem solving
C) Compassionate with patients
D) Hand-eye coordination

Question 26

_________________ are interview questions that all interviewees must answer.

A) unstructured questions
B) cognitive ability questions
C) honesty questions
D) structured questions

Question 27

The selection process must be ________________ which means it is objective and fair to all applicants.

A) Due diligence
B) Due process
C) Quid pro quo
D) Legally defensiblep.88

Question 28

_________________ occurs when protected classes such as race, color, religion, sex or national origin are treated differently from non-protected classes.

A) disparate impact
B) disparate treatment
C) perverse for diverse
D) all are correct

Question 29

Which of these is considered internal recruitment?

A) Social media
B) Career website
C) Employee referral
D) Print media advertisement

Question 30

________________ evaluates the type of recruitment activity that ultimately produces a candidate that will accept a position with the company.

A) Yield ratio
B) Source yield ratio
C) Recruitment calculator
D) None of these are correct

Question 31

Applicants who score high on this Big Five Personality Trait will perform better in sales and teamwork.

A) Cognitive ability
B) Extraversion
C) Openness to experience
D) Agreeableness

Question 32

Applicants who score high on this Big Five Personality Trait will perform well in a job redesign.

A) Agreeableness
B) Extraversion
C) Openness to experience
D) Emotional stability

Question 33

Applicants who score high on this Big Five Personality Trait will perform well in a stress work environment such as the health care industry.

A) Agreeableness
B) Openness to experience
C) Extraversion
D) Emotional stability

Question 34

________________ focuses on how a candidate handled a past situation.

A) Situational interview
B) Unstructured interview
C) Behavioral interview
D) Emotional interview

Question 35

____________________ is a statistical term that refers to the extent that the same measurement such as a test repeatedly measures the same characteristic.

A) Validity
B) Construct validity
C) Construct reliability
D) Reliability

Question 36

__________________________ is the federal agency that monitors and enforces labor regulations to ensure that the employment process is nondiscriminatory.

A) Occupational Safety and Health Administration
B) National Institute for Safety and Health
C) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
D) Workplace Bullying Federal Organization

Question 37

Matching
-There are______________, which consist of an organization actively searching for candidates for specific job openings.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 38

Matching
-A selection tool must also have __________________ which means that the scores on a test will be related to job performance predictions.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 39

Matching
-_________________are designated employees or human resources (HR) specialists who are responsible for attracting the best employees to their organizations

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 40

Matching
-_________________, calculated as percentages, evaluates the type of recruitment activity that ultimately produces a candidate that accepts a position with the company.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 41

Matching
-____________ consists of choosing the best individuals for an organization

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 42

Matching
-_________________ focus on strength and endurance such as that for carrying and lifting of equipment.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 43

Matching
-______________-measures how goal oriented an individual is and if he or she is disciplined in the workplace.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 44

Matching
-_____________ assess an applicant's characteristics that could affect the work environment.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 45

Matching
-_______________ may be given to assess a candidate's ability to perform a certain task such as laboratory analysis or reading X-rays.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 46

Matching
-A _____________ is a type of structured interview that consists of structured questions that focus on how the applicant would behave in certain situations.

A) direct methods of recruiting
B) Criterion validity
C) Recruiters
D) Source yield ratios
E) The selection process
F) Physical ability tests
G) Conscientiousness
H) Personality tests
I) Aptitude tests
J) Situational interview

Question 47

What is recruitment? Which is more important: internal, external, or are both equally important? Defend your answer.

Question 48

What do you think of social media as recruitment tool?

Question 49

What is shadowing? Do you think this is a valuable way to recruit in the health? care industry? Would you participate in this process? Defend your answer.

Question 50

Discuss different selection tests. Have you ever taken a selection test? Do you think these tests are a good way to select employees? Defend your answer.

Question 51

Discuss organizational recruitment both internally and externally.

Question 52

What is an advantage of using a temporary employee agency?