Deck 6: Recruiting Employees

Question 1

Realistic Job Previews (RJP)attempt to sell the organization and the job to the prospective employee and aim to achieve a high rate of job offer acceptance.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

One of the disadvantages generally associated with recruiting from internal sources is that it could lead to inbreeding of ideas.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Recruitment from within can have a significant,positive effect on employee motivation and morale.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The pool of talent from external sources is much greater than that available from internal sources.

Question 5

Job analysis gives the nature and requirements of specific jobs.

Question 6

Unions generally prefer promotions based on seniority for unionized jobs.

Question 7

Organizational inducements are all the positive features and benefits the organization offers to attract job applicants.

Question 8

State employment agencies provide free service for individuals seeking employment and charge a contracted figure from business organizations seeking employees.

Question 9

A personnel requisition form is used to report to management various statistics related to applicants for a job.

Question 10

Research has not identified a single best source of recruitment.

Question 11

Job posting and bidding is an external method of recruitment.

Question 12

Traditional job previews set initial job expectations too high.

Question 13

According to EEOC guidelines,under no circumstances can the content of help-wanted ads indicate any race,sex,or age preference for the job.

Question 14

Attracting,contacting,and evaluating potential employees is easier when recruiting from external sources.

Question 15

The Social Security Act requires all eligible individuals to register with the state employment agency before they can receive unemployment compensation.

Question 16

When recruitment is done from internal sources,it increases the likelihood of employees having inaccurate expectations from the organization.

Question 17

Professional employer organizations (PEOs)place people in short-term jobs.

Question 18

Headhunters are usually used when there's a requirement for a large number of low-skilled personnel in an organization.

Question 19

Employee referral is an internal source of recruitment.

Question 20

When a temporary help agency is used for recruitment,the agency pays the salary and benefits of the temporary help provided to the organization.

Question 21

Which of the following statements is NOT true about an employee leasing company?

A)They issue workers' paychecks.
B)They provide various employee benefits.
C)They ensure compliance with workplace regulations.
D)They place people in temporary positions.

Question 22

Which of the following is a disadvantage generally associated with recruiting from internal sources?

A)Employees tend to have inaccurate expectations from the organization.
B)New ideas and innovations may be stifled.
C)It reduces promotion opportunities for the employees.
D)It reduces an organization's return on its investment in the workforce.

Question 23

Which of the following is a disadvantage generally associated with an external source of recruitment?

A)A much smaller pool of talent is available.
B)It is always more difficult to hire technical or managerial people from the outside.
C)New ideas and innovations may be stifled.
D)New employees need a longer adjustment or orientation period.

Question 24

A personnel requisition form is used to:

A)officially request that the HR manager take action to fill a particular position.
B)report utilization of various protected classes in the organization.
C)report to management various statistics related to applicants for a job.
D)gather a group together to plan how to conduct a recruitment effort.

Question 25

_____ involves seeking and attracting a pool of people from which qualified candidates for job vacancies can be chosen.

A)Requisition
B)Orientation
C)Recruitment
D)Appraisal

Question 26

Which of the following is an advantage of using external sources for recruiting personnel as opposed to hiring internally?

A)The employee is less likely to have inaccurate expectations of the organization.
B)Employees hired from outside need much shorter orientation periods.
C)The pool of talent available is substantially larger.
D)Attracting,contacting,and evaluating potential employees is easier.

Question 27

Cooperative work programs primarily involve:

A)combining formal education and work experience.
B)recruitment with the help of the Internet.
C)involving employees in the recruitment process.
D)agreement between management and labor to cooperate in job analysis.

Question 28

The Social Security Act requires all eligible individuals to register with a(n)_____ before they can receive unemployment compensation.

A)temporary help agency
B)employee leasing company
C)state employment agency
D)professional employer organization

Question 29

Which of the following statements is NOT true about recruiting from internal sources?

A)An organization knows about the strengths and weaknesses of its employees.
B)It improves employee motivation and morale when it creates promotion opportunities or prevents layoffs.
C)It improves an organization's return on its investment in the workforce.
D)It increases the likelihood of the employee having inaccurate expectations from the organization.

Question 30

_____ is an internal method of recruitment in which notices of available jobs are posted in central locations throughout the organization and employees are given a specified length of time to apply for the available jobs.

A)Job posting and positioning
B)Job posting and marketing
C)Job posting and bidding
D)Job posting and requisitioning

Question 31

Which of the following statements is true about a campus recruitment process?

A)Campus recruiting activities are usually coordinated by the university placement center.
B)The first step of campus recruitment is that all applicants are invited to visit the company office.
C)The recruiters are paid employees of the placement center.
D)Before the final selection,the applicants should work part-time for the organization for a specified duration.

Question 32

Which type of search firm provides free service to both prospective employees and business firms seeking employees?

A)Headhunter
B)Temporary help agency
C)State employment agency
D)Employee leasing company

Question 33

When hiring from internal sources,seniority usually plays a greater role in:

A)organizations where the average employee age is higher.
B)manufacturing-based companies.
C)unionized organizations.
D)service-based companies.

Question 34

Which of the following is a typical disadvantage associated with employee referral?

A)Employees do not have the desired technical skills.
B)Cliques may develop within the organization.
C)New ideas and innovations may be stifled.
D)Employees demand higher salaries.

Question 35

Which type of search firm concentrates on high-level,or executive,recruiting?

A)Headhunter
B)Temporary help agency
C)State employment agency
D)Employee leasing company

Question 36

Advantages of using temporary employees include all of the following EXCEPT that:

A)it is a quick and easy source of employees during times of rapid growth.
B)it creates a flexible staff that can be easily laid off during a period of downsizing.
C)it creates an employee group with a high degree of commitment to the company.
D)the use of temporary help is not dependent on economic conditions.

Question 37

One of the ways in which an organization can involve its employees in the recruiting process is by using ____.

A)Internet recruiting
B)employee referrals
C)temporary help agencies
D)walk-ins

Question 38

Which of the following is a poor implementation procedure for job posting and bidding?

A)Avoiding specifying standards for selection in the notice.
B)Requiring job bidders to list their qualifications.
C)Refraining from external recruiting until a specified time has elapsed.
D)Including selection standards within the position notice.

Question 39

Which of the following is an internal source of recruitment?

A)Employee referrals
B)Walk-ins
C)Job posting and bidding
D)Unsolicited applications

Question 40

Which of the following normally follows recruitment?

A)Job analysis
B)Selection
C)Job description
D)Human resource planning

Question 41

Write a short note on cooperative work programs.

Question 42

What are the various guidelines to be followed while conducting a job posting and bidding program?

Question 43

In order to avoid the risk of inviting an employment discrimination lawsuit,during the recruitment process,employers should avoid asking for information that is related to the applicant's:

A)past experience.
B)expectations from the job.
C)age.
D)future career plans.

Question 44

What is a personnel requisition form?

Question 45

What are the various external sources of recruitment?

Question 46

One method proposed for increasing the effectiveness of all recruiting methods is the use of ____.

A)personnel requisition form
B)milestone schedule
C)realistic job previews
D)job posting and bidding

Question 47

A realistic job preview is used to:

A)report to management various statistics related to applicants for a job.
B)provide complete job information to the job applicant.
C)gain approval from a higher authority to begin a recruitment effort.
D)report utilization of various protected classes in the organization.

Question 48

With reference to recruitment,the acronym RJP stands for:

A)Relative Job Performance
B)Realistic Job Previews
C)Recurring Job Promotions
D)Realistic Job Performance

Question 49

A study found that turnover rates for employees hired from _____ were lower than for employees hired through the other methods.

A)employee referrals
B)newspaper advertisement
C)walk-ins
D)campus recruiting

Question 50

What are the various advantages of internal sources of recruitment?

Question 51

Generally,it can be said that those employees who were recruited using RJP:

A)have more job satisfaction.
B)lack the technical skills required for the job.
C)tend to exhibit poor job performance.
D)show low job survival rates.

Question 52

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)encourages organizations to avoid recruiting primarily by _____ and walk-ins.

A)employment agencies
B)campus recruitment
C)job posting and bidding
D)employee referral

Question 53

What is job posting and bidding? Briefly describe the procedure involved in this method of recruitment.

Question 54

Realistic job previews:

A)result in a high rate of job offer acceptance.
B)focus on selling the organization and the job to prospective employees.
C)supply both positive and negative job information to the applicant.
D)are linked to lower job survival.

Question 55

Which of the following statements is true about how equal employment legislation has influenced recruitment activities?

A)Expressing a preference for a female worker in a newspaper ad is acceptable if gender is a BFOQ for the vacant position.
B)Employee referral recruitment is encouraged by the EEOC.
C)Organizations are discouraged to advertise in media directed toward minorities and women.
D)The EEOC makes no recommendations regarding campus recruitment.

Question 56

Which of the following refers to all the positive features and benefits the organization offers to attract job applicants?

A)Job specifications
B)Realistic job previews
C)Organizational inducements
D)Personnel requisition form

Question 57

Explain the various advantages and disadvantages of external sources of recruitment.

Question 58

Define recruitment.

Question 59

Generally,research in recruiting:

A)has not identified a single best source of recruitment.
B)validates newspaper advertising as consistently effective.
C)confirms employee referrals as a poor source of recruitment.
D)discourages the use self-initiated contacts for recruitment.

Question 60

According to a study,which of the following is a poor source of employees in terms of work performance (that is,quality and dependability)?

A)Employment agencies
B)Job posting and bidding
C)Employee referral
D)Campus recruiting

Question 61

Discuss realistic job previews.

Question 62

What are organizational inducements in recruitment?