Personnel Planning and Recruiting

When planning for employment requirements, what must be forecasted?

• Personnel needs

• Supply of inside candidates

• Supply of outside candidates

• All of the above

Which is not an external factor affecting recruiting?

• Supply of workers

• Outsourcing of white-collar jobs

• Fewer qualified candidates

• College recruiting

 Which is not the disadvantage of the Internal Source of Candidate?

• Failed applicants become discontented

• Less training and orientation required 

• Time wasted interviewing inside candidates who will not be considered

• Inbreeding strengthens tendency to maintain the status quo

 ………………. is the process of deciding how to fill the company’s most important executive job

• Employment planning

• Succession planning

• Personnel Planning

• Trend analysis

Which term below means studying variations in a company's employment levels over time?

• ratio analysis 

• trend analysis

• graphical analysis

• computer analysis

When a company decides on how to fill top executive positions, the process is called ........

• Employment planning

• Succession planning

• Selection

• Testing

What is external recruitment?

• Recruiting from outside the company

• Recruiting from Asia

• Recruiting from current employees

• Recruiting from university

Steve,an HR manager for IBM,must decide what positions the firm

should fill in the next 6 months,which means Steve is currently working on……

• Candidate screening

• Workforce planning

• Employee contracting

• Department training

Which of the following factors is LEAST relevant to forecasting personnel needs?

• Economic projections

• Marketing methods

• Labor supply

• Unemployment rates

Personnel planning is called succession planning when referring to the process of filling jobs like that of accounting clerk, data analyst, or administrative assistant.

• True

• False