Deck 5: Recruitment

Question 1

If your organization is attempting to hire a senior research scientist,the use of a professional search firm may be more effective than placing advertisements in a national daily.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A career is the same as a vocation and refers to a sequence of positions or a chain of interrelated occupations held by an individual.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Some of the motivation factors identified by Herzberg are somewhat similar to the higher order needs (e.g. ,esteem and self-actualization)identified by Maslow.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Direct mail solicitation results in sending large volumes of mail to people who may be vastly different,either in their profile or geographical location,from ideal recruits.

Question 5

Applicant tracking systems,while effective in matching applicant skills with job requirements,increase the overall time taken to recruit employees and cause higher recruitment costs.

Question 6

Because of global competition,the planning horizon for firms is now much longer than a typical employee's career.

Question 7

When identifying job requirements for recruitment purposes,the required qualifications have to be stated in precise terms,especially in unionized settings since the position might trigger the recall of a qualified laid-off employee.

Question 8

According to John Holland,conventional people are most likely to prefer occupations such as biologists and oceanographers.

Question 9

Use of employee referral as a recruitment method may result in unintentional discrimination against protected groups.

Question 10

In a low-commitment human resource strategy,employees are hired on an as-needed basis.

Question 11

An advantage of hiring host country nationals is that,typically,they are far less expensive than expatriates.

Question 12

Contingent workers are most useful when the work is of limited duration.

Question 13

The core values of an organization are among factors that influence a job applicant's choice of employer.

Question 14

Equity theory suggests that people attempt to balance their past expectations with present realities and are likely to leave a job if present experiences do not match their expectations.

Question 15

Recruitment is the process of attracting a pool of qualified applicants and making a hiring decision from them.

Question 16

In general,Canadian auto manufacturers compared to their Japanese counterparts invest more in their employees by providing more training to new workers and through job rotation.

Question 17

According to John Holland's classification,the realistic individual prefers activities requiring motor coordination and physical strength.

Question 18

Transit advertising is among the most expensive recruitment approaches.

Question 19

A software company attempting to attract young,creative programmers advertised itself as a "fun place to work." This is an example of image advertising.

Question 20

A monolithic organization is known for the importance it places on diversity in its workforce.

Question 21

Which of the following is/are among popular interest inventories?

A)Strong interest inventory
B)Self assessment inventory
C)Canadian managerial competency inventory
D)A and B
E)All of the above

Question 22

Which of the following was a need identified by David McClelland?

A)Need for power
B)Need for autonomy
C)Need for control
D)Need for self-actualization
E)Need for recognition

Question 23

In the case of typical individuals,which of the following statements is/are true?

A)Career choices take place before they choose the employer.
B)Career choices take place before they consider a range of alternatives.
C)Economic and labour market conditions do not affect the range of alternatives they consider.
D)A and B are true.
E)A and C are true.

Question 24

The comparison of one's own self-image with the image of an organization and choosing an employer whose image matches this image is referred to as:

A)Image consistency
B)Image matching
C)Image convergence
D)Mirroring
E)Self-Organizational matching

Question 25

Which of the following is not a hygiene factor specified by Herzberg?

A)Company policy
B)Salary
C)Recognition
D)Relationship with co-workers
E)All of the above are hygiene factors

Question 26

Which of the following factors has (have)a significant impact on career choice and progress?

A)Source of motivation
B)Motivation levels
C)Family circumstances
D)B and C
E)A,B,and C

Question 27

Which of the following is not a component of the expectancy theory of motivation?

A)Valence
B)Performance
C)Reinforcement
D)Outcome
E)All of the above are components of expectancy theory.

Question 28

__ involves showing the job applicant a job's type of work,equipment,and working conditions before the actual hiring decision is made.

A)Pre-screening
B)Pre-sensitizing
C)Realistic organizational view
D)Job-person match
E)None of the above

Question 29

In the context of recruiting for global operations,it can be said of third country nationals that:

A)most of them are likely to know a number of cultures
B)they are preferred by host country governments
C)the HR department,typically,gets greater control over human resource movements and planning by hiring them rather than expatriates or host country nationals
D)A and B
E)B and C

Question 30

Which of the following recruiting approaches is likely to result in unintended discrimination?

A)Job posting
B)Walk-in
C)Employee referrals
D)Internet ads
E)Applicant tracking systems

Question 31

A __ organization has predominantly the same type of employees;people in this organization who look and hold different values from the majority often work only in limited numbers of positions.

A)multi-faceted
B)monolithic
C)matrix
D)multicultural
E)mechanistic

Question 32

Which of the following is/are steps taken by employers to ensure realistic job expectations on the part of job applicants?

A)Image matching
B)Image advertising
C)Offer large volume of company and industry information
D)Realistic job preview
E)Both A and C are used depending on the circumstances

Question 33

Vocational maturity refers to:

A)the seniority (or maturity)of an individual in a chosen vocation
B)the relative seniority (or maturity)of an employee in a vocation compared to his or her co-workers
C)the ability to synthesize vocational information with present job details
D)the ability to synthesize vocational information with self knowledge
E)A and B are dimensions of vocational maturity.

Question 34

Job posting:

A)can help a current employee further his or her own career
B)is the cheapest recruiting approach
C)fosters a change in culture
D)A and B
E)A and C

Question 35

Which of the following statements about contingent workers are true?

A)It is hard to create organizational loyalty.
B)It reduces the costs of benefits.
C)It increases the need for supervision.
D)A and B are true.
E)B and C are true.

Question 36

Which of the following statements about a promotion from within policy is/are true?

A)By and large,it improves employee morale.
B)Typically,it results in higher recruitment costs.
C)It facilitates change in organizational culture.
D)A and B are true.
E)B and C are true.

Question 37

If you are planning to hire a senior human resource manager for your firm,which of the following recruiting approaches is likely to be the most effective?

A)Walk-in
B)Job fair
C)Campus interviews
D)Professional associations
E)Open house

Question 38

Recruitment is:

A)the process of attracting suitable job applicants
B)more than getting large numbers of applicants
C)simply done by placing ads in newspapers
D)A and B
E)A,B,and C

Question 39

An employer who seeks a close relationship with employees who are emotionally attached to the organization is primarily embracing which human resource strategy?

A)Low compliance
B)Paternalistic
C)High commitment
D)High compliance
E)None of the above

Question 40

According to John Holland's RIASEC typology,lawyers and salespersons are most likely to fall into the which group?

A)Conventional
B)Enterprising
C)Investigative
D)Social
E)None of the above