Human Resource Management Ch 6 Recruiting Employees

recruitment

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

personnel requisition form

Describes the reason for the need to hire a new person and the requirements of the job.

job posting and bidding

A method of informing employees of job vacancies by posting a notice in central locations and giving a specified period to apply for the job.

job advertising

The placement of help-wanted advertisements in daily newspapers, in trade and professional publications, or on radio and television.

headhunter

A type of private employment agency that seeks candidates for high-level, or executive, positions.

temporary help

People working for employment agencies who are subcontracted out to businesses at an hourly rate for a period of time specified by the businesses.

employee leasing companies

Provide permanent staffs at customer companies.

campus recruiting

Recruitment activities of employers on college and university campuses.

online recruiting

Jobs are posted on a company's website and applicants complete forms and tests online through the website.

realistic job previews

A method of providing complete job information, both positive and negative, to the job applicant.

organizational inducements

Positive features and benefits offered by an organization to attract job applicants.

It is a good idea to attach a job description to a personnel requisition form.
True
False

True

Organizational compensation systems, career opportunities, and organizational reputation, all constitute:
job analysis.
organizational values.
organizational inducements.
personnel requisition.

organizational inducements.

Traditional job previews can sometimes produce dissatisfaction and high turnover among employees recruited in this manner.
True
False

True

Identify a disadvantage related to using internal sources of recruitment.
The adjustment or orientation period becomes extremely long.
Infighting for promotions can get overly intense.
The likelihood of an employee having inaccurate expectations about a j

Infighting for promotions can get overly intense.

Which of the following is an advantage of online recruitment?
It allows companies to find employees faster.
The competition between companies for candidates is low.
The number of irrelevant or bad candidates generated is low.
It is highly effective for di

It allows companies to find employees faster.

Which of the following external sources is most appropriate for recruiting highly skilled technical workers such as engineers and information technology specialists for long-term projects under contract?
College placement centers
Temporary help agencies
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Professional employer organizations

____ provides the nature and requirements of specific jobs.
Job bandwidth
Human resource planning
Enterprise requirements planning
Job analysis

Job analysis

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encourages organizations to recruit primarily through employee referral and walk-ins.
True
False

False

In unionized organizations, job posting and bidding are prohibited.
True
False

False

The magnitude of an organization's recruiting effort and the methods to be used are determined from the human resource planning process and the requirements of the specific jobs to be filled.
True
False

True