Topic 4

Question 1

Civil Rights Act

Answer 1

prohibit employers from discriminating against minorities.

Question 2

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA)

Answer 2

restricts child labor and provides for a minimum wage and overtime pay for employees.

Question 3

Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA)

Answer 3

requires that employers provide equal pay for men and women who do similar work.

Question 4

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)

Answer 4

protects those 40 and older from age discrimination throughout the recruitment process.

Question 5

Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978

Answer 5

recognizes pregnancy as a temporary disability and prohibits applicants from being discriminated against in the recruitment process because of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

Question 6

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA):

Answer 6

illegal to hire or recruit illegal immigrants knowingly. Under IRCA, employers may hire only persons who may legally work in the U.S., i.e., citizens and nationals of the U.S. and aliens authorized to work in the U.S.

Question 7

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 7

prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process

Question 8

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Answer 8

prohibits the use of genetic information in employment decisions and restricts employers from requesting, requiring, or purchasing genetic information.

Question 9

recruitment

Answer 9

a set of activities and processes used to obtain sufficient numbers of highly qualified people so that the organization can select the most appropriate people to fill its job needs

Question 10

purposes of recruitment

Answer 10

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

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 11

What does acronym “KSA” mean?

Answer 11

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Question 12

knowledge

Answer 12

a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.

Question 13

skills

Answer 13

proficiencies developed through training or experience.

Question 14

abilities

Answer 14

qualities that enable a person to perform a particular task

Question 15

Describe the purpose of recruitment.

Answer 15

they can recruit from either internal or external sources (or both)

Question 16

“promotion-from-within” policy

Answer 16

A policy in which the employer states a commitment to consider current employees for new or replacement job opportunities before hiring candidates from outside the organization.

Question 17

Performance and merit

Answer 17

What criterion do organizations think should be used for transfers?

Question 18

What criterion do unions think should be used for transfers?

Answer 18

Seniority

Question 19

job rotation

Answer 19

Moving employees from one department to another temporarily

Question 20

What is the purpose of a job posting?

Answer 20

extends an open invitation to all employees through prominent display of notice, to apply for job vacancy

Question 21

List three examples of when a job posting might be seen by an employee.

Answer 21

bulletin boards, in company newsletters, circulated in employee lounges, in email notifications, and announced at staff meetings

Question 22

Define the term “employee referral.”

Answer 22

essentially word-of-mouth advertisements that generally involve rewarding employees for referring skilled job applicants to an organization

Question 23

Company Website

Answer 23

What is the most common source of external recruiting in most industries?

Question 24

Professional and managerial workers; skilled workers

Answer 24

In what type of situations are employment agencies used?

Question 25

Construction

Answer 25

What industries are most likely to use trade associations as a recruitment source?

Question 26

job matching

Answer 26

a systematic effort to identify people’s KSAs (knowledge, skills, and abilities) and match them to job openings

Question 27

job profiles and candidate profiles

Answer 27

What are the two major components of job-matching systems

Question 28

Job profiles

Answer 28

detailed job descriptions as well as job specifications

Question 29

candidate profile

Answer 29

information regarding the candidate’s experience or skills related to specific jobs

Question 30

Employee Referral Program

Answer 30

The benefits are low costs and potential candidates generally receiving a realistic job preview; however, we could run into discriminatory practices.

Question 31

Internal Recruiting

Answer 31

This can stifle innovation, increase appearance of favoritism, and produce excessive management ranks.

Question 32

Internal Recruiting

Answer 32

Can improve morale, provide current employees the opportunity for job variety, and costs less.

Question 33

External Recruiting

Answer 33

The Georgia Widget Company is expanding and needs to fill 100 positions at various levels of the organization.

Question 34

HR Planning

Answer 34

Sarik, Strategist for HR, examines the organization’s goals and objectives and its current workforce. After analysis, he determines the organization is missing employees with needed KSAs; therefore, he proposed the additional hiring of 15 employees.

Question 35

Job Specification

Answer 35

Genevieve, HR Generalist for Go Group, checks this after an employee requests a reasonable accommodation.

Question 36

Trade Journal

Answer 36

Good at Everything, Inc. wants to reach candidates with a specialized set of KSAs. It wants to reach a large number of potential candidates and keep the cost per hire low. Where should it advertise?

Question 37

Job Matching

Answer 37

Palma Project Manager creates an Access database that queries potential candidates’ applications to look for key terms from the job profiles.

Question 38

External Recruiting

Answer 38

Thing-a-majiggy Corp needs a new senior engineering manager.

Question 39

External Recruiting

Answer 39

Mom-and-Pop Shop contracts with Engineering Pros Staffing for help with a project; if the project is successful Mom-and-Pop may hire some of the contracted personnel.

Question 40

Realistic Job Preview

Answer 40

Henry the hiring manager explains all the good and bad of the job and company to Cam the candidate.

Question 41

Internship

Answer 41

Companies may use this process to reach highly qualified candidates early in the process.

Question 42

Best Practices

Answer 42

Quinton is an HR Manager for Super Duper Company. He knows the company is looking to hire some new employees and suggests management go through the process of identifying its human capital needs and consider what is gong to best for all stakeholders including the potential candidates before developing a recruiting plan.

Question 43

Organization’s Website

Answer 43

A job posting here results in a low cost per applicant and helps an organization meet its EEO requirements, but may lack a targeted focus for specialized candidate skills.
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