Human Resource Management Chapter 5 Exam
– Recruitment, Selection & Workforce Planning
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Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026
Steps In Recruitment and Selection
1. Decide what positions to fill, through workforce/personnel planning and forecasting.
2. Build a pool of candidates for these jobs, by recruiting internal or external candidates.
3. Have candidates complete application forms and perhaps undergo initial screening
interviews.
4. Use selection tools like tests, background investigations, and physical exams to identify
viable candidates.
5. Decide who to make an offer to, by having the supervisor and perhaps others interview the
candidates.
Recruitment and Selection
Start with workforce planning
Workforce (or employment or personnel) planning
Process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill, and how to fill them. It embraces
all future positions.
Succession Planning
The process of deciding how to fill executive jobs.
Trend Analysis
Study of a firm's past employment needs over a period of years to predict future needs.
Ratio Analysis
A forecasting technique for determining future staff needs by using ratios between, for
example, sales volume and number of employees needed.
Scatter Plot
A graphical method used to help identify the relationship between two variables. Shows
graphically how two variables are related.
– Recruitment, Selection & Workforce Planning
(Dessler)Verified Questions Complete with A+
Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026
Steps In Recruitment and Selection
1. Decide what positions to fill, through workforce/personnel planning and forecasting.
2. Build a pool of candidates for these jobs, by recruiting internal or external candidates.
3. Have candidates complete application forms and perhaps undergo initial screening
interviews.
4. Use selection tools like tests, background investigations, and physical exams to identify
viable candidates.
5. Decide who to make an offer to, by having the supervisor and perhaps others interview the
candidates.
Recruitment and Selection
Start with workforce planning
Workforce (or employment or personnel) planning
Process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill, and how to fill them. It embraces
all future positions.
Succession Planning
The process of deciding how to fill executive jobs.
Trend Analysis
Study of a firm's past employment needs over a period of years to predict future needs.
Ratio Analysis
A forecasting technique for determining future staff needs by using ratios between, for
example, sales volume and number of employees needed.
Scatter Plot
A graphical method used to help identify the relationship between two variables. Shows
graphically how two variables are related.
