chapter 5 - recruitment

Question 1

recruiting metrics

Answer 1

Recruiting metrics:
- Determine the results of recruiting
- Number of people who applied
- Skill levels
- Diversity
- The time it took to hire recruits
- How many actually became employed

Several metrics suggested:
- New employee job performance
- New employee turnover
- New hire failure rate
- Manager satisfaction with new employees
- New employee training success
- Cost per hire

Question 2

recruiting strategy

Answer 2

Recruitment process sequential stages:
1.Attracting and capturing the interest of potential applicants
2.Maintaining applicant interest
3.The organization’s decision to extend a job offer and post-offer closure

Step 1: Attracting and generating interest
Stage 1 involves a number of key organizational decisions:
1. Establish its recruitment objectives
2. Strategic decisions for reaching objectives
3. Create a level of attraction for applicants to consider the firm’s job opening

Question 3

realistic job previews

Answer 3

Applicants are given the negative aspects of the job as well as the positive aspects with