Week 5 Flashcards
When an organisation adopts a “lead-the-market” approach to pay, it means
Question options:
a) that the organisation pay more than market rate for a job
b) that the organisation uses stock-options to attract potential candidates
c) that the organisation pay at market rate to remain competitive
d) that the organisation has leading compensation practices
A
Practices or activities carried out by an organisation with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees is known as
Question options:
a) recruitment
b) selection
c) headhunting
d) advertising
A
Image advertising refers to an organisation
Question options:
a) advertising specific job openings in all media
b) advertising in targeted professional bodies to ensure it that the job opening reach the right group of targeted pool of talent
c) advertising to create a generally favourable impression of the organisation
d) advertising in educational institutions to reach out to graduating students
C
The principle of employment at will is one which
Question options:
a) holds that the employee has the right to terminate the employment at any time view
b) holds that if there is no specific employment contract saying otherwise, the employer or employee may end an employment relationship at any time
c) holds that both the employer and employee must be willing to enter into a contract for an agreed period of time and both cannot break the contract view
d) holds that the employer has the right to terminate the employment at any time view
C
The set of associations and offerings provided by an organization in return for the skills, capabilities and experiences an employee brings to the organization is known as
Question options:
a) employee value package
b) employee value proposition
c) employee value proposal
d) employee value programme
B
Which of the following is considered to be an internal source of recruitment?
Question options:
a) contingent workers
b) transfers
c) campus recruitment
d) employment agencies
B
When an organisation finds talented people by asking their existing employees to recommend candidates from their existing network, it is known as
Question options:
a) employee placement
b) employee recommendation
c) employee contact
d) employee referral
D
Which of the following is an advantage of internal sources of recruitment?
Question options:
a) inbreeding - no new ideas and energy
b) restrict the size of the applicant pool - may miss out talent may become a competitive advantage for competitors
c) may lead to complacency as employees may take internal promotions for granted
d) encourages the development of specialised skills since there is an anticipated long career with the company
D
Internal recruitment is best for a situation when
Question options:
a) the company wants greater diversity in the team
b) the company wants to bring in a radical perspective
c) institutional knowledge is significant to the success of the role
d) the company requires a fresh outlook on the industry
C
The percentage of applicants who successfully move from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to the next is called a
Question options:
a) yield ratio
b) cost per hire ratio
c) recruitment ratio
d) acceptance ratio
A
Job aggregators are on-line services that
Question options:
a) where organisations can advertise their open jobs on its network enabling the job advertisement to reach a wide audience
b) that link the organisations with education institutions allowing them to access the pool of graduating students
c) where organisations pay a fee to post their open jobs as they have access to a large database of potential candidates
d) uses a search engine to find all the latest jobs on all major websites, newspaper advertisements, etc. making it all available through one website or mobile app
D
The interactions a candidate has with the employer brand during the recruitment and hiring process is known as
Question options:
a) candidate connection
b) candidate experience
c) candidate satisfaction
d) candidate touchpoints
D
The collective result of ALL the interactions a candidate has with the employer brand during the recruitment and hiring process is known as
Question options:
a) candidate participation
b) candidate experience
c) candidate intimacy
d) candidate connection
B
According to studies, which of the following is the most visited recruitment asset
Question options:
a) campus recruitment booth
b) company newsletter
c) company career office
d) company career website
D
The process in which the organisation makes decisions about who will or will not be invited to join the organisation is called
Question options:
a) interviewing
b) selection
c) reference check
d) recruitment
B
