Employee Recruitment & Selection

An organization has difficulty getting enough qualified applicants from its existing employees to fill in a vacant position. As a result, the organization seeks qualified applicants from outside the organization. This best exemplifies _____.

• recruitment

• internal recruitment

• external recruitment

• personnel selection

If a company has a high rate of promoting from within, which of the following may result?

• high group cohesiveness

• diverse workforce full of ideas

• stale work force devoid of many ideas

• decrease in benefits

An organization that does not want its name in public, or fears that people won't apply if they knew the name of the company, would probably _____.

• use a blind box ad

• use point of purchasing recruiting

• advertise on the radio

• recruit at colleges and universities

Research indicates that recruitment advertisements which display the company emblem and use creative illustrations attract _____ applicants, whereas ads including salary ranges and company phone number attract _____ applicants.

• more/ higher quality

• higher quality/ more

• more qualified/ fewer qualified

• more/ more qualified

"General manager: seeking position as General manager in Hotel/ Motel Restaurant operation. Six years of experience in all aspects of hospitality industry. Reply to RM 345, 6F, Roxas Bldg., Roxas St., Davao City." This advertisement best exemplifies a(n):

• external recruitment ad

• internal recruitment ad

• situation wanted ad

• newspaper ad

One of the concessionaires in SM Super Malls offers its employees financial incentive for recommending applicants who are subsequently hired and remain on the job for a specific period of time. This best exemplifies _____.

• internal recruitment

• external recruitment

• an employee referral program

• a situation-wanted recruitment approach

Research has indicated that employees referred by successful employees had _____ than did employees who had been referred by unsuccessful employees.

• longer tenure

• shorter tenure

• higher motivation

• lower motivation

Realistic job previews involve telling applicants the ____ a job with an objective of increasing _____.

• positive aspects of / application

• positive aspects of / referrals

• truth about/ performance

• truth about/ tenure

Which of the following is not part of a highly structured interview?

• job related questions

• all applicants are asked the same questions

• use of intuition

• a standardized scoring key for each question

_____ interview involve several interviewers interviewing one applicant at the same time.

• panel

• serial

• return

• group