Deck 5: Recruitment

Question 1

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-Jeff realizes that the key to success in recruitment of people for BSA positions is

A)getting people to apply for jobs regardless of fit
B)getting a very large number of people to apply
C)getting a lot of applicants at least cost
D)hiring the best person
E)getting the right type of applicant

Answer 1

getting the right type of applicant

Question 2

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-On the other hand,other members of BSA have suggested to Jeff Grandy that he should focus his recruitment efforts on existing BSA members.This would provide him with all of the following advantages EXCEPT

A)candidate familiarization with the organization
B)candidate is a "known" quantity
C)increased BSA motivation
D)acquisition of skills current BSA members do not possess
E)possible lower recruiting costs

Answer 2

acquisition of skills current BSA members do not possess

Question 3

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-One very effective method that had been used in the past to recruit students for BSA positions were job ad posters that were placed all over the Business school in high impact areas.Next Jeff needed to decide what he would include in the job ad posters.He decided he would include all of the following common characteristics EXCEPT

A)they attract attention
B)they use language that the students find comfortable
C)they make the job sound exciting by using long sentences and formal vocabulary
D)they sequence the content in a logical and engaging manner
E)their size and presentation should be cost effective

Answer 3

they make the job sound exciting by using long sentences and formal vocabulary

Question 4

Andrea Collins was surprised to receive an unsolicited telephone call from Stellar Headhunters Inc.The recruiter on the telephone indicated that a competing company in her city was looking for a Controller,which was a position higher than what she held in her current company.She was told that the competing company considered her a viable candidate and was interested in interviewing her for their Controller position.After Andrea indicated that she was quite happy working with her current company,the recruiter highlighted that if she was the successful candidate,she would be eligible for a substantial signing bonus.As Andrea ended the call with a promise to respond back to the recruiter within 24 hours,she realized that she might be spending a sleepless night thinking about her decision.
The recruiter from Stellar Headhunters Inc.offered Andrea the potential of a(n)___________ to stimulate her interest in being considered a candidate for the Controller position with the competing company.

A)perk
B)inducement
C)benefit
D)bonus program
E)long term incentive program

Question 5

Andrea Collins was surprised to receive an unsolicited telephone call from Stellar Headhunters Inc.The recruiter on the telephone indicated that a competing company in her city was looking for a Controller,which was a position higher than what she held in her current company.She was told that the competing company considered her a viable candidate and was interested in interviewing her for their Controller position.After Andrea indicated that she was quite happy working with her current company,the recruiter highlighted that if she was the successful candidate,she would be eligible for a substantial signing bonus.As Andrea ended the call with a promise to respond back to the recruiter within 24 hours,she realized that she might be spending a sleepless night thinking about her decision.
Stellar Headhunters Inc.is an example of a

A)HRSDC program
B)private internet site
C)private employment agency
D)professional search firm
E)temporary-help agency

Question 6

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-Jeff Grandy has decided to try to get the largest possible pool of diverse candidates for the BSA positions.This strategy

A)makes the selection choices more difficult
B)can offer greater flexibility and capabilities
C)is an expensive recruiting plan
D)creates a lengthy recruiting process
E)is administratively very difficult to do

Question 7

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-At the end of his recruitment (and selection)process,Jeff will want to evaluate the effectiveness of the recruiting function that he used this year.He could choose to include any of the following assessments EXCEPT

A)cost per hire
B)quality of hires compared to costs and methods
C)offers to applicants ratio
D)quality of job descriptions and standards
E)time taken to fill a position

Question 8

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-Jeff Grandy is trying to decide whether he wishes the applicants for the vacant BSA positions to submit a formal job application form.Most applicants would have a rudimentary resume but may find it cumbersome to fill out an application form in addition to providing the resume.His new vice-president provided him with all of the following good reasons for asking for the application form to be used,EXCEPT

A)information is directly comparable between applicants
B)it is a sample of the applicants own work,unlike a professionally prepared résumé
C)it creates more work for the interested applicants
D)it collects the required information
E)it can have a signature line attached to an authorization and an affirmation of truth of information

Question 9

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-Jeff Grandy realizes that most high quality students that he would like to encourage to apply are very busy with their full course and study schedules,as well as other commitments.In creating his strategy to approach these preferred students,he realizes his role will be

A)to sell the value of BSA to eligible recruits
B)to learn about eligible applicants and make the jobs fit them
C)to encourage all applicants to apply,regardless of eligibility
D)to guarantee employment for good applicants
E)to develop job standards based upon the applicant pool

Question 10

Jeff Grandy, president of the Business Students' Association (BSA) at his university, was considering what lessons he learned from his role of vice president last year. He realized that as the role and influence of the BSA expanded since last year, he would need to ensure that he had good students in place for the upcoming year in order to meet the needs of the BSA and the students in general. It would mean the difference between a successful and fulfilling year as president, or a stressful and demanding year. As he considered how he would recruit and staff the positions in the BSA, he hoped that he would get some interest from high quality students!

-Jeff has decided to ask his fellow BSA members to suggest to him names of "high quality students" that he should approach about the BSA positions.This method of recruitment is called

A)write-ins
B)walk-ins
C)employee referrals
D)advertisement
E)posters