BUS MISC Chapter: Chapter 05: Recruiting Talented Employees 100%

True/False 1. The process of identifying and encouraging as many applicants as possible to apply for a position refers to employee recruiting. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Page: 162 Ref: How Can Strategic Recruiting Make an Organization Effective? 2. Research suggests that recruitment best practices are universal regardless of location or job type. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page: 164 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 3. If an organization is not sure about the type of person best suited for a position it is best to cast a wide net. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 165 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 4. The broad scope seeks to attract a large group of applicants who have a high probability possessing the characteristics that are needed to perform a specific job and qualifications are specific and specialized. Answer: False Difficulty: Hard Page: 164-165 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 5. An organization seeking to fill a nanotechnology engineering position would likely use a targeted skill scope strategy which would involve recruiting in a small geographic area. Answer: False Difficulty: Hard Page: 166 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 6. Internal applicants have performance records and are already committed to a relationship with the organization represents an advantage of internal sourcing. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Page: 166 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 7. Organizations with the Loyal Soldier and Committed Expert HR strategies try to fill as many job vacancies as possible with current employees. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 166 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 8. One reason to hire temporary workers, who are oftentimes employed by an outside staffing agency, is so the organization can respond quickly with changes in the work force to meet decreasing or increasing demand for products or services. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 167 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 9. Reduced cost is a major reason organizations hire contingent workers. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Page: 167 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 10. When hiring temporary workers, realistic job previews are most helpful so that upon being hired, temporary employees understand the job and organization and can begin successful performance immediately. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page: 168 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 11. Realistic messaging is most valuable to organizations seeking long-term employees, which is consistent with the Loyal Soldier or Committed Expert HR strategies. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 168 Ref: How Is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 12. Realistic messaging may lead to inflated expectations about a job and organization as it focuses on communicating only positive information to potential employees. Nonetheless, realistic messaging is appropriate for organizations employing the Free Agent or Bargain Laborer HR strategies. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page: 169 Ref: How is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 13. Human resource planning involves multiple steps, including: Assessing current employee levels: predicting future needs; predicting employee movement; and planning external hiring needs. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 171, Figure 5.2 Ref: How Does Human Resource Planning Facilitate Recruiting? 14. An example of predicting future needs as a part of human resource planning is provided by a medical center linking the projected number of inpatients per month to the hiring projections for nurses. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 171 Ref: How Does Human Resource Planning Facilitate Recruiting? 15. Effective human resource planning allows an organization to act strategically, can help smooth out upward and downward trends in employment and help eliminate surprises. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 172 Ref: How Does Human Resource Planning Facilitate Recruiting? 16. A batch approach to recruiting brings new employees into the organization in groups. Reasons for using the batch approach is that it allows the organization to take advantage of opportunities to hire top talent as they are found. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page: 173 Ref: How is Employee Recruiting Strategic? 17. One outcome of human resource planning is that an organization can take advantage of hiring exceptional employees even before a specific vacancy occurs. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 172 Ref: How Does Human Resource Planning Facilitate Recruiting? 18. A primary advantage of centralized recruiting procedures is that prospective employees are able to form relationships with human resource management personnel, which is advantageous for the long term. Answer: False Difficulty: Medium Page: 174-175 Ref: How Does Human Resource Planning Facilitate Recruiting? 19. In general, there are three types of people looking for work: those entering the workforce for the first time; people who have been in the workforce before and are currently unemployed; and people who are employed but seeking a different job. Answer: True Difficulty: Easy Page: 175 Ref: Who Searches for Jobs? 20. Actual job search behaviors, such as gathering information and visiting organizations, arise from goals and intentions. Answer: True Difficulty: Medium Page: 176 Ref: Who Searches for Jobs? 21. Positive messages that set apart an organization can result in more new entrants applying for employment because new entrants into the workforce begin their search with a broad perspective. Answer: True Difficult: Medium Page: 176 Ref: Who Searches for Jobs? 22. Consideration of potential fit between a new employee and the organization is most important for organizations pursuing long term relationships with employees, which is consistent with the Loyal Soldier and Committed Expert HR strategies. Answer: True Difficult: Medium Page: 177 Ref: Who Searches for Jobs? 23. People who search for another job while still employed tend to be dissatisfied and prone to worry. Answer: False Difficulty: Easy Page: 178 Ref: Who Searches for Jobs?