Human Resources & Getting Hired

Human Resources are actively involved with all of the following EXCEPT

• Hiring new employees.

• Training employees on company policies.

• Helps employees with job satisfaction and listening to their concerns.

• Usually reports to the marketing department VP.

Someone pursuing a career in Human Resources would BE all of the following EXCEPT

• one who prefers tasks with little interaction with other people

• Someone who likes to help other people

• a good rule follower

• good communicator to others

Companies use applications for which of the following reasons (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)

• To document the personal information and job history of potential employees

• To locate potential employees who are especially qualified.

• Find out if you are a minority so they won't hire you

• To eliminate candidates who are clearly not qualified

Employers typically interview (face to face) about how many candidates?

• Ten or more

• Only 1

• About 3-4 candidates

• As many as humanly possible

A company paying for an employee's health insurance plan for the employee would be considered what?

• Compensation

• A violation of the law

• An employee benefit

• Salary

What do you call earning money (getting your paycheck)?

• An employee benefit

• Vacation

• What a strange question--nothing I guess?

• Compensation

When you accept a higher position in a company (and it usually comes with more responsibility) this is called:

• A promotion

• A demotion

• Transfer

• Termination

Termination is

• When the bug guy comes to "terminate" the bugs.

• When the employment relationship between the employee and employer begins.

• When the employment relationship between the employee and employer ends.

• When an employee get a raise.

When an employee moves from one office (in one city) to another office in another city, but stays with the same company, this is called a(n)

• Exciting event

• Transfer

• Termination

• Benefit

Labor Unions help negotiate better wages for their members, but if the wages increase too much then what can happen?

• Everyone gets mad and quits

• Employees get to take longer breaks and smoke on the job

• Employees will want to go on strike

• The cost of goods might increase due to higher labor costs making the employer consider taking the company overseas to get cheaper labor.