Workshop 3 Flashcards

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Internal factors for the recruitment process include the following:

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  1. Budget constraints
  2. Expected or trend of employee separations
  3. Production levels
  4. Sales increases or decreases
  5. Global expansion plans
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External factors for the recruitment process might include the following:

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  1. Changes in technology
  2. Changes in laws
  3. Unemployment rates
  4. Shifts in population
  5. Shifts in urban, suburban, and rural areas
  6. Competition
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3
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What is a job analysis?

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It is a formal system developed to determine what tasks people actually perform in their jobs

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What is a task-based analysis job analysis?

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The focus of task-based analysis is the job duties required

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What is a competency-based job analysis?

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It’s focus is on how a person can apply their skills to perform the job.

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When you finished the job analysis you write the job description, what does it intale?

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  • Job functions
  • Knowlegde, skills and abilities
  • Education and experience required
  • Physical requirements of the job
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After the job description, what is the next step?

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Obtaining the approval from the hiring manager

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What is the last step after you obtained the managers approval?

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The HR professional can begin to recruit for the position

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What is job design?

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It refers to how a job can be modified or changed to be more effective

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What are job specifications?

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The skills and abilities a person must have to perform the job

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What is in a job description?

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  • recruiting
  • salary
  • career planning
  • training
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12
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What are five types of recruiters?

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  • Excecutive search firm
  • Temporary recruitment or staffing firm
  • Corporate recruiter
  • Contigent recruiter
  • Retained recruiter
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Traits of campus recruiting

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  • lack of experience
  • specialized in something specific
  • will be trained into managers
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Examples of professional associations

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  • Professional Nursing Association
  • United Professional Sales Association
  • International Federation of Journalists (union)
  • International Metalworkers Federation (union)
  • Association of Flight Attendants (union)
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What is the key to using a succesful recruitment strategy?

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Identify the organizations that relate to your business and to develop relationships with members in these organizations.

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16
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What is the recruitment process?

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  1. staffing plans
  2. develop job analysis
  3. write job desriptions
  4. job specifications development
  5. know laws relating to recruitment
  6. develop a recruitment plan
  7. implement a recruitment plan
  8. accept application materials
  9. selection process
17
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The goal of using social media as a recruiting tool is:

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  • To create a buzz about your organization
  • to share stories of succesfull employees
  • smaller companies can post job openings as their status updates
18
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What can you use SIG’s (Special Interest Groups) for?

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To target a specific group of people who are trained in a specific area or who have a certain specialty

19
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What is nepotism?

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it is a preference for hiring relatives of current employees, which can also lead to lack of diversity and management issues in the workplace

20
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Examples of incentives that can be used to refer a friend:

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  • A gift card to the employee
  • A financial incentive
  • Raffles for most referrals
21
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Employee referral programs (ERPs) tend to generate one of the highest returns on investment per hire (true/false)

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TRUE

22
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To make an ERP effective, some key components are:

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  • to communicate the program to existing employees
  • to track the succes of the program using metrics of succesful hires
  • to be aware of the administrative aspect and the time it takes to implement the pogram effectively
  • set measurable goals up front for a specialized programme
23
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formula cost per hire:

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advertising costs + recruiter costs + referral costs + social media costs + event costs

24
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What is a yield ratio?

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A yield ratio is the percentage of applicants from one source who make it to the next stage in the selection process