IE262 Quiz 2 Week 6

________ is the process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill and how to fill them.

• Recruitment

• Job analysis

• Selection

• Workforce planning

Which one of the following terms refers to studying a firm's past employment needs over a period of years to predict future needs?

• ratio analysis

• trend analysis

• graphical analysis

• computer analysis

What mathematical process do employers use to forecast availability of internal job candidates that shows the probabilities that feeder positions in a chain will be filled?

• trend analysis

• access analysis

• Markov analysis

• workforce analysis

Finding or attracting applicants for an employer's open positions is known as ________.

• succession planning

• employee recruiting

• workforce planning

• employee selection

TRUE/FALSE? A primary disadvantage of using internal sources of candidates to fill open positions is significant training and orientation requirements.

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is an advantage of using employee referral campaigns?

• Local, hourly workers can be recruited quickly.

• Applicants have received realistic job previews.

• Rewards and incentives are eliminated.

• Applicants have community ties.