Some employees who do not take advantage of work-life balance options resent their
coworkers who are more likely to use work-life programs.
Although it might seem like a good idea on first blush, offering different employees
idiosyncratic deals doesn’t seem to achieve much in terms of increasing employee
satisfaction.
Active diversity planning occurs when the organization encourages underrepresented
minorities to apply for positions, actively recruits from a variety of sources, and
provides additional training and mentoring to underrepresented groups.
Most research shows that recruiters are even more important than job characteristics in
attracting applicants to an organization.
Organizations sometimes use social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook to
find job candidates.
Staffing planning should focus on benchmarking policies that are successful at other
companies, because they will probably work with your organization’s culture as well.
The lowball strategy will be especially effective for desperate or unknowledgeable
employees.
Résumé scanning software tends to look for nouns more than action verbs.
Extraversion is associated with higher levels of creativity and adaptability.
The OFCCP provides very specific, strict guidelines for recruitment activities for
organizations with affirmative action programs.
A typical unstructured interview often contains highly speculative questions.
A power test is used when the speed of work is an important part of the job.
Research most clearly suggests that when organizations wish to increase retention they
need to ______.
A. provide team-building
B. convince employees that there are few alternatives
C. offer “bundles” of HR practices that complement one another
D. demonstrate executive commitment to outreach
Which of the following statements is true regarding staffing?
A. The organization is the only active player in the staffing process.
B. The staffing process is composed of a series of interrelated parts including
recruitment, selection, decision making and job offers.
C. The staffing process should only be viewed from the perspective of the individual
(line) manager.
D. None of these
An open system of internal recruitment can be expected to minimize _________.
A. competition among employees
B. scrutiny of job qualifications
C. overlooking talent
D. low morale among those not advanced
Which of the following are likely responses to labor shortages?
A. Decreased pay and benefits packages
B. Hiring bonuses and stock options
C. Decreased use of temporary employees
D. Higher hiring standards
A bona fide seniority system is __________________.
A. typically banned by the EEOC
B. permitted in most cases under EEOC law even if it results in adverse impact
C. carefully defined by the law
D. based on a mix of factors include perceived loyalty, commitment, and KSAO sets in
the workforce
Competency modeling is useful for which of the following applications?
A. Identifying needs for replacement and succession planning
B. Internal promotion processes
C. Facilitating the HR planning process
D. All of these
Which of the following is the most difficult to estimate term in the economic gain
formula?
A. Average tenure of employees.
B. Number of applicants.
C. Dollar value of job performance.
D. Cost per applicant.
Which of the following is a typical justification of a BFOQ involving sex that
employers use?
A. One sex has an inability to perform the work.
B. Personal contact with others requires same sex.
C. Customers have a preference for dealing with one sex.
D. All of these are potential justifications.
Research studies have found ___________ support for the validity of job knowledge
tests?
A. relatively strong
B. no support
C. very weak
D. some
Evidence suggests that, overall, ___________ are likely to attract employees who have
a better understanding of the organization and its culture.
A. referrals and job trials
B. websites
C. newspaper advertising
D. employment agencies
A company’s internal e-mail and internet capabilities _________________.
A. make it easy and inexpensive to disseminate internal recruiting messages
B. tend to be very time-consuming ways to send messages about recruiting
C. cannot effectively complement internal recruiting methods
D. are used by 100% of organizations looking to recruit internally
The purpose of retention systems is to ___________.
A. attract qualified applicants to job openings in the organization
B. establish a good person-job match
C. manage the flow of employees out of the organization
D. establish a good person-organization match
Human resources information systems have been used for which of the following
functions?
A. EEO data analysis and reports
B. employee succession planning
C. databases of job titles and responsibilities
D. all of these
The best approach to job analysis for flexible jobs with changing requirements is
______.
A. job requirements job analysis
B. competency based job analysis
C. team-based job analysis
D. functional job analysis
Which of the following is a good definition of a job category?
A. A grouping of elements to form an identifiable work activity that is a logical and
necessary step in the performance of a job
B. A grouping of jobs, usually according to function
C. A grouping of jobs according to generic job title or occupation
D. A grouping of positions that are similar in their tasks and task dimensions
A ______________ provides employees with opportunities to fill out interest
inventories, explore career options, and discuss plans with counselors.
A. job-talk center
B. succession plan
C. lattice career path
D. career development center
Some of the features of hierarchical mobility paths include:
A. they are easier to administer
B. the prospect of promotions can motivate employees
C. they may not be useful in flat organizational structures
D. all of these
Employers can use which of the following techniques without violating the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act.
A. using reasonable factors other than age in making employment decisions
B. using seniority systems
C. using terms or phrases that express a preference for older workers
D. all of these