Question 1

Job fairs are best for finding passive job seekers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The need to acknowledge and respect the diversity of local cultures when sourcing and managing a global workforce is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A) integration 
B) diversification 
C) localization 
D) differentiation

Question 3

Innovative mobile recruiting strategies are necessary to meet future staffing needs and to attract the younger workforce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is meant by employee profiling in sourcing?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

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 assume greater responsibilities.This practice is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A) pull-up hire 
B) tracking 
C) data mining 
D) flip searching

Question 6

Internal recruiting sources locate people who currently work for the company who would be good recruits for other positions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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?

Accepted Answer

A) Employee turnover rates in the financial services industry in China is one of the lowest in the world. 
B) The employees in Shanghai were being paid less than their counterparts in Canada. 
C) Some of its successful competitors in China use a differentiation strategy. 
D) Few students in Shanghai chose finance as their subject of specialization.

Question 8

Applicant flow is the number and type of applicants coming from each recruiting source.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

An HR manager trying to recruit for a number of key positions in a firm asks the best talent to recommend the best employees they've worked with in the past or employees they feel would be good performers.This is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) networking 
B) internal job posting 
C) referrals 
D) external job posting

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Filling lower-level positions from the local labor market and higher-level positions from the regional or national labor market is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) labor market analysis 
B) job fairs 
C) global staffing 
D) geographic targeting

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) Its targeted search capability 
B) The recruitment of the older workforce 
C) Its general search capacity 
D) Its use of networking.

Question 13

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?

Accepted Answer

A) leadership development program 
B) internal job posting 
C) employee development 
D) succession management

Question 14

Geographic targeting can help an organization reduce turnover.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source?

Accepted Answer

A) employee referrals 
B) job fairs 
C) search firms 
D) college recruiting

Question 16

What is global sourcing? Explain in brief the primary challenge of global sourcing.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Angstrom is a company that produces electronic goods.In the past,Angstrom used newspaper advertisements as the only method to recruit engineers.Recently it used college hiring,career sites,and employee referrals in addition to its usual method.Which of the following would be the most likely result of this?

Accepted Answer

A) The company will spend less on recruitment. 
B) The heterogeneity of the workforce will increase. 
C) The effectiveness of newspaper adverts will decrease. 
D) The turnover rate of employees will decrease.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Web sites that continually search the Web for information about people with desirable talents and sell access to their database of potential recruits are called ________.

Accepted Answer

A) career sites 
B) web crawlers 
C) job boards 
D) career fairs

Question 20

In geographic targeting,the labor market used to source lower-level positions in a firm is most likely to be ________.

Accepted Answer

A) local 
B) regional 
C) national 
D) international

Exam 6: Sourcing: Identifying Recruits

Job fairs are best for finding passive job seekers.

The need to acknowledge and respect the diversity of local cultures when sourcing and managing a global workforce is called ________.

Innovative mobile recruiting strategies are necessary to meet future staffing needs and to attract the younger workforce.

What is meant by employee profiling in sourcing?

Internal recruiting sources locate people who currently work for the company who would be good recruits for other positions.

Applicant flow is the number and type of applicants coming from each recruiting source.

An HR manager trying to recruit for a number of key positions in a firm asks the best talent to recommend the best employees they've worked with in the past or employees they feel would be good performers.This is an example of ________.

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

Filling lower-level positions from the local labor market and higher-level positions from the regional or national labor market is an example of ________.

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

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?

Geographic targeting can help an organization reduce turnover.

An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source?

What is global sourcing? Explain in brief the primary challenge of global sourcing.

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

Web sites that continually search the Web for information about people with desirable talents and sell access to their database of potential recruits are called ________.

In geographic targeting,the labor market used to source lower-level positions in a firm is most likely to be ________.