Chapter 5 - Expanding the Talent Pool: Recruitment and Careers

Question 1

A software application recruiters use to post job openings, screen resumes, and contact via e-mail potential candidates for interviews, and track the time and costs related to hiring people

Answer 1

Applicant Tracking System

Question 2

A company’s efforts to help existing and prospective workers understand why it is a desirable place work

Answer 2

Branding

Question 3

The process of discussing with employees their current job activities and performance personal and career interests and goals, personal skills and suitable career development objectives

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Career Counseling

Question 4

The process of establishing mutually beneficial relationships with other businesspeople, including potential clients and customers

Answer 4

Career Networking

Question 5

Lines of advancement in an occupational field within an organization

Answer 5

Career Paths

Question 6

A situation in which for either organizational or personal reasons the probability of moving up the career ladder is low

Answer 6

Career Plateau

Question 7

Couples in which both members follow their own careers and actively support each other’s career development

Answer 7

Dual Career Partnerships

Question 8

The process of dismissing employees who are then hired by a leasing company (which handles all HR-related activities) and contracting with that company to lease back the employees

Answer 8

Employee Leasing

Question 9

Employee Profile

Answer 9

A profile of a worker developed by studying an organization’s top performers in order to recruit similar types o f people

Question 10

Fast-Track Program

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Accelerated development or promotion of individuals to positions with more responsibility

Question 11

The business practice of searching for and utilizing goods sources from around the world

Answer 11

Global Sourcing

Question 12

Labor markets in which workers are hired into entry level jobs and higher levels are filled from within

Answer 12

Internal Labor Market

Question 13

The hierarchy of jobs a new employee might experience, ranging from a starting job to jobs that successively require more knowledge and/or skill.

Answer 13

Job Progressions

Question 14

Individuals who coach, advise, and encourage individuals of lesser rank.

Answer 14

Mentors

Question 15

Nepotism

Answer 15

A preference for hiring relatives of current employees

Question 16

A comparative diagram that includes appraisal and assessment data to allow managers to easily see an employee’s actual and potential performance

Answer 16

9-Box Grid

Question 17

Services provided by organization to help terminated employees find a new job

Answer 17

Outplacement Services

Question 18

Passive Job Seekers

Answer 18

People who are not looking for jobs but could be persuaded to take new ones given the RIGHT opportunity

Question 19

Promotion

Answer 19

A change of assignment to a job at a higher level in the organization

Question 20

Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO)

Answer 20

The practice of outsourcing and organization’s recruiting function to an outside firm

Question 21

Informing applicants about all aspects of the job, including both its desirable and undesirable facets

(RACHEL)

Answer 21

Realistic Job Preview (RJP)

Question 22

Services provided to an employee who is transferred to a new location, which might include moving, selling a home, orienting to a new culture, and/r learning a new language

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Relocation Services

Question 23

Recruiting

Answer 23

enroll or take on somebody: to enroll somebody as a worker or member, or to take on people as workers or members

Question 24

Sabbatical

Answer 24

An extended period of time in which an employee leaves an organization to pursue other activities and later returns to his or her job (paid/unpaid)

Question 25

Placement of an individual in another job for which the duties, responsibilities, status, and remuneration are approximately equal to those of the previous job

Answer 25

Transfer

Question 26

The % of applicants from a recruitment source that make it to the next stage of the selection process

Answer 26

Yield Ratio