Chap 4

What is the first step in the recruitment and selection process?

• performing initial screening interviews

• building a pool of candidates

• performing candidate background checks

• deciding what positions to fill

________ is the process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill and how to fill them.

• Recruitment

• Job analysis

• Job analysis

• Workforce planning

Bob needs to find and attract applicants to his company's open positions, which is known as ________.

• trend analysis

• engagement

• staffing

• employee recruiting

Recruiting is necessary to ________.

• determine whether to use inside or outside candidates

• forecast the short-term supply of o

• create positive word-of-mouth about a firm

• develop an applicant pool

A _____ is used to calculate the number of applicants a firm must generate to hire the required number of new employees.

• trend analysis

• ratio analysis

• recruiting yield pyramid

• scatter plot

All of the following are characteristics of a job posting EXCEPT ________.

• listing the job's attributes

• providing the job's pay rate

• publicizing the open job to employees

• indicating the preferred number of applicants

Which of the following is NOT a tool used by firms to recruit outside candidates?

• newspaper advertising

• intranet job postings

• employment agencies

• online job boards

When constructing a job advertisement, all of the following are aspects of the AIDA guide EXCEPT ________.

• attracting attention to the ad

• implying long-term benefits

• prompting applicant action

• developing interest in the job

Which of the following is a primary goal of college recruiters?

• building relationships with college career centers

• cutting future recruiting costs for the firm

• developing a pool of temporary workers

• attracting good candidates

What is an advantage of using employee referral campaigns?

• Local, hourly workers can be recruited quickly.

• Applicants have received realistic job previews.

• Rewards and incentives are eliminated.

• Applicants have community ties.