4.2 Purposes and Importance of Recruitment

Question 1

The general purpose of recruitmen

Answer 1

Determine the present and future recruitment needs of the organization in conjunction with HR planning and job analysis activity.

Increase the pool of qualified job applicants at a minimum cost to the organization.

Increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of underqualified or overqualified job applicants.

Reduce the probability that job applicants, once recruited and selected, will leave the organization after only a short time.

Meet the organization’s responsibility for employment equity and other legal and social obligations regarding the composition of its workforce.

Increase organizational and individual effectiveness in both the short and long terms.

Evaluate the effectiveness of various techniques and locations of recruiting for all types of job applicants.

Question 2

recruiting concerns both

Answer 2

acquiring an initial pool of potentially qualified job applicants and getting job applicants to stay once candidates are selected

Question 3

True or False: Recruiting is only concerned with getting a large pool of potentially qualified applicants.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following is not a purpose of recruitment?

Answer 4

Increasing the applicant pool, including maintaining an appropriate number of underqualified and overqualified job applicants

Question 5

True or False: Implementing the purposes of recruitment into a recruitment plan will help the organization avoid costly legal battles.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What is the general purpose of recruitment?

Answer 6

Increase the pool of qualified applicants

Question 7

True or False: Evaluating whether different recruiting techniques and locations are effective is part of the recruitment process.

Answer 7

True