Deck 10: Recruitment and Selection in an Internet Context

Question 1

According to survey research,what percentage of large organizations consider online recruitment a more effective means than any other traditional method of recruitment?

A) 50%
B) 90%
C) 40%
D) 20%

Answer 1

C

Question 2

______ are best described as "job-related decision making tools that provide information about candidates that organizations use to make choices about their people."

A) Tests and assessments
B) Work simulations
C) Recruitment interviews
D) none of these

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a recruiting process objective discussed in the text?

A) cost
B) speed of filling job vacancies
C) satisfaction and retention rates
D) recruitment budget

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The ______ is best described as "the employees' beliefs about the reciprocal obligations and promises between them and their organizations."

A) psychological contract
B) employee contract
C) HR contract
D) none of these

Question 5

A(n)______ is best described as "when an applicant is given positive and negative attributes of a job they are applying to see if this job is truly what they desire or thought it was."

A) realistic job preview
B) online recruitment message
C) recruiter interview
D) none of these

Question 6

Males generally have more computer anxiety and lower computer self-efficacy than females.

Question 7

College students tend to prefer online recruitment over other recruitment sources.

Question 8

Mode of administration (paper or computer)of assessments will not likely impact scores for ______ but will likely influence scores for ______.

A) speeded tests; power tests
B) power tests; speeded tests
C) cognitive tests; personality tests
D) speeded tests; cognitive tests

Question 9

The goal of the ______ function is to identify,attract,and hire the most qualified people.

A) recruitment
B) marketing
C) training and development
D) none of these

Question 10

Which of the following statements is most accurate?

A) In the U.S., over 90% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants.
B) In the U.S., over 50% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants.
C) In the U.S., less than 75% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants.
D) In the U.S., approximately 33% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants.

Question 11

Online recruitment can decrease cycle time and increase the efficiency of the process by allowing organizations to spend less time gathering and sorting data.

Question 12

One problem with online recruitment is that it may attract job hoppers.

Question 13

According to the research,which population(s)tend to prefer online recruiting?

A) college students
B) older workers
C) Hispanics
D) women

Question 14

The fulfillment of the psychological contract could lead to a long and productive relationship for both the employee and employer,where satisfaction and retention rates could be increased.

Question 15

Decades of assessment research has found ______ can,on average,predict success virtually as well as simulations.

A) years of education
B) training and experience ratings
C) personality tests
D) general cognitive ability tests

Question 16

The availability of particular information (i.e.,advancement opportunities and salary)will not likely impact applicants' attraction to organizations.

Question 17

In the United States,over 90% of large companies use the Internet to recruit applicants for job openings.

Question 18

According to Cascio (1991),which of the following is NOT a way of defining the quality of a job candidate?

A) the proportion who are successful on the job
B) the average numeric value of an outcome of interest (such as number of products sold or customers served)
C) the dollar amount of benefit resulting to the organization (such as the annual increase in revenue)
D) the degree of how positive a job evaluation is written by an immediate supervisor

Question 19

What has the research consistently found regarding the cost of online recruitment?

A) Online recruiting methods are considerably less costly than traditional recruiting methods.
B) Online recruiting and traditional recruiting methods are equally costly.
C) Traditional recruiting methods are cheaper than online recruiting methods.
D) none of these

Question 20

A company's employment brand can do little to aid in the attraction of applicants to your website.

Question 21

Navigability refers to the degree to which the website hosts relevant information that the user deems valuable and informative in nature.

Question 22

Online recruitment may have a negative impact on the extent to which organizations are able to attract women,older workers,and some minorities.

Question 23

Older individuals (55 or above)tend to have higher computer self-efficacy than younger adults.

Question 24

Please define and explain the importance of recruitment webpage navigability.

Question 25

Content information can be defined as the overall ease with which a user can browse through multiple webpages to locate topics of interest.

Question 26

What recruiting objectives are being met through the use of online recruitment?

Question 27

Aesthetic features represent the overall stylistic or innovative features of a website,such as contrasting colors,pictures,animation,and playfulness that keep the user engaged while navigating through multiple webpages.

Question 28

What is the goal of the recruitment function?

Question 29

The extent to which the website is usable or not has been referred to as website usability.

Question 30

Please discuss what is meant by adverse impact.

Question 31

List and describe four reasons why assessment is important for HRIS.

Question 32

Applicant perceptions of website content and style have been found to be positively related to organizational attraction.

Question 33

How may HR demonstrate the value of a selection system?

Question 34

The textbook offers several research-based guidelines on the effective design and use of online recruitment strategies.Please list five of the suggestions offered in the textbook.

Question 35

What are some of the characteristics of an EFFECTIVE online recruiting website? Please discuss in some detail.

Question 36

Please discuss the primary purpose of antidiscrimination laws in regard to selection.

Question 37

What are some of the technological issues that arise through the use of technology in the function of selection?