Human Resource Management Exam 2 Review

In rapidly changing industries, internal labor markets are the best sources for organizations to fill vacant positions.

• True

• False

Organizations need to continuously examine the effectiveness of their recruiting strategies.

• True

• False

For companies looking to fill technical and managerial positions, community colleges are generally their primary source of recruitment.

• True

• False

Sloan is not looking for a new job but could be persuaded to take one if the right opportunity came along. Sloan would be considered a passive jobseeker

• True

• False

Employers who downplay the negative aspects of a job to prospective employees tend to have lower turnover

• True

• False

Some organizations use fast-track programs as a way to retain young managers with high potential.

• True

• False

After working at TechServ for a number of years, Piper took a job with a bigger firm in a related field. After five years at the second firm, Piper was then hired back by TechServ. This is a situation of nepotism.

• True

• False

Many manufacturers have relocated to the South because

• lower-cost labor is plentiful there and unions are less prevalent.

• there are many high-tech companies in the North.

• the top computer science schools in the nation are located there.

• there is an abundance of surplus labor.

How many of the states in the United States maintain an employment agency that administers its unemployment insurance program?

• A few

• About half

• The majority

• All states

When Joce interviewed for a position at TruTech, the interviewer described the downsides to the job, including the need to work long hours on occasion and the stress that sometimes accompanies tight deadlines. The interviewer was using

• honesty recruiting.

• a realistic job preview

• balance recruiting

• a negative or positive job assessment