Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool: Recruitment and Careers

What can managers do to improve the effectiveness of external recruitment?

Answer explanation

-calculate yield ratios (recruitment sources)

-cost of various recruiting procedures

-ensuring candidates have the ASKE

-influence of recruiters - enhance the perceived attractiveness of a job and an organization,

-realistic job preview (RJP)

Describe the initial two phases of a chef's career progression, and provide a brief overview of the common characteristics of stages three to five.

Answer explanation

​1. preparation for work—start joining the org (til aged 25 - ASKE - focus)

2. 2.Organizational entry—job offers and select an appropriate job (Aged 18 - 25 yers)

4. 3. next three stages—early career, midcareer, and late career—entail fitting into a chosen occupation and organization, modifying goals, making choices, remaining productive, and finally, preparing for retirement.

How has the reliance on mobile phones in modern society changed the face of recruiting, even more so than just the use of social networking on the Internet?

Answer explanation

-Mobile recruiting - easy to be reach and connect - speed up recruitment process - inexpensive, easy and fast - instant reply

Describe some of the guidelines an employee can use when seeking a mentor?

Answer explanation

1.Research the person's background

2. 2.Make contact with the person

3.Request help on a particular matter

4.Consider what you can offer in exchange

5.Arrange a meeting

6. 6.Follow up

7.Ask to meet on an ongoing basis

Why should a company hire older workers? Discuss.

Answer explanation

-Experienced, reliable, and like to remain with the existing companies

-excellent recruitment source

Individual employees are responsible for initiating their own career planning.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Individual employees are responsible for initiating their own career planning, making the statement true.

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

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The correct answer is False because community colleges are not generally the primary source of recruitment for technical and managerial positions.

Internship programs may be one way to help members of underrepresented groups prepare for careers in management when still in college.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Internship programs can provide valuable experience and networking opportunities for underrepresented groups, helping them gain skills and exposure to advance in management careers.

An organization's recruitment success is correlated with the accuracy and completeness of information provided in its job advertisement.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Recruitment success is indeed correlated with accurate and complete job advertisement information, making the statement true.

Paz, a successful engineer at TechServ, recently took a job as a manager. While Paz appreciates the raise in pay, and the company was glad for the opportunity to reward Paz's performance, it is quite likely that TechServ promoted Paz out of something Paz was good at doing and into a position for which Paz may not be well suited.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Paz was likely promoted based on technical skills, not managerial abilities, making it true that Paz may not be well suited for the new position.