Trends in Hiring Practices
Zachary Schneider saw a sign in the window of an Amy’s Ice Creams franchise operation. The sign said the company was looking for new employees. When he went in to ask for a job application, he was given a paper bag and told to do “something creative with it.” The test was to see whether the job applicant was suited to carrying out the chain’s mission: “To make people’s day.” This type of preemployment assessment is not unusual. Gourmet grocery chain Central Market uses a fourpage application form which includes essay questions such as “Tell us about your favorite food experience.” If it seems an applicant is a good match for the company, he or she is asked to make a statement about himself or herself using items found in the grocery store and to participate with other applicants in a roundtable discussion.

-Refer to Trends in Hiring Practices. The need for creative skills in order to work at Amy's would be listed as a ________ that the company's HR department would have developed for franchisees.
A) task specialization
B) job description
C) work empowerment norm
D) job specification
E) multitasking capability

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Trends in Hiring Practices
Zachary Schneider saw a sign in the window of an Amy’s Ice Creams franchise operation. The sign said the company was looking for new employees. When he went in to ask for a job application, he was given a paper bag and told to do “something creative with it.” The test was to see whether the job applicant was suited to carrying out the chain’s mission: “To make people’s day.” This type of pre­employment assessment is not unusual. Gourmet grocery chain Central Market uses a four­page application form which includes essay questions such as “Tell us about your favorite food experience.” If it seems an applicant is a good match for the company, he or she is asked to make a statement about himself or herself using items found in the grocery store and to participate with other applicants in a roundtable discussion.

-Refer to Trends in Hiring Practices. The need for creative skills in order to work at Amy's would be listed as a ________ that the company's HR department would have developed for franchisees.
A) task specialization
B) job description
C) work empowerment norm
D) job specification
E) multitasking capability

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A job description is defined as a written description of the basic tasks, duties, and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job. Creativity is a qualification for the job, not a task, duty, or responsibility, and would thus be part of a job specification rather than a job description.