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WorksheetsRecruitment Methods and Practices
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 37mins
What is the recruitment process primarily about?
Generating a large number of applications
Finding the right candidate for a vacancy
Hiring internal candidates
Using e-recruitment methods
What are the advantages of hiring internal sources of candidates?
Company knows candidates’ strengths and weaknesses
Internal candidates are less committed to the company
Morale may rise when employees see promotion as rewards
Internal candidates need more orientation
What are the disadvantages of hiring internal sources of candidates?
Employees who apply for jobs and do not get them become unhappy
Inbreeding in the organization
High cost of recruitment process
Wasting time on interviews for known candidates
What are some sources of external applicants?
Employment agencies and consultants
Campus recruitment
Employee referrals
All of the above
What is employee leasing?
Hiring permanent employees
Paying a fee to a leasing firm for employee benefits
Hiring employees for a specific time period
Delegating tasks to specialized agencies
What are the advantages of e-recruitment?
What are the disadvantages of e-recruitment?
What is the primary goal of a job description?
To attract a large number of applicants
To outline the responsibilities and requirements of a position
To provide a summary of company culture
To list employee benefits
Which of the following is a benefit of using social media for recruitment?
Higher costs associated with advertising
Access to a wider pool of candidates
Limited reach to passive candidates
Increased time to fill positions
What does the term 'onboarding' refer to in the recruitment process?
The process of hiring new employees
The integration of new hires into the company
The evaluation of employee performance
The training of existing employees
What is the purpose of a job posting?
To inform potential candidates about job openings
To provide a detailed company history
To outline the benefits of working at the company
To summarize the company's financial performance
Which method is commonly used to assess candidates during the recruitment process?
Personality tests
Social media analysis
Job shadowing
All of the above
What is the significance of a candidate's cultural fit in recruitment?
It determines their salary expectations
It influences their likelihood of staying with the company
It affects their technical skills
It has no impact on the hiring decision
What is recruitment?
what is Active job seeker?
What is passive job seeker?
What is Recruitment Sources?
What is Employee Referrals?
What is Recruitment Agencies?
What Benefits of Using Recruitment Agencies?
What are job fairs and career events, and how do they contribute to the recruitment process?
Advertisements through newspapers, TV, radio, professional journals and magazines are _______ methods of recruitment.
direct
indirect
third-party
none of the above
The purpose of an application blank is to gather information about the
company
candidate
questionnaire or interview schedule
competitors
Internal recruitment has the potentiality to increase the _______ of the employees.
conflicts
misunderstanding
income
morale
The process of developing an applicants’ pool for job openings in an organization is called
hiring
recruitment
selection
retention
Recruitment is widely viewed as a _______ process.
positive
negative
both positive and negative
none of these
The primary aim of recruitment and selection process is to
hire the best individuals at optimum cost
ensure the availability of surplus in the case of sickness and absence
meet the high labour turnover
none of the above
Which of these is an alternative to recruitment?
Employee leasing
Contractors
Trade associations
None of the above
___________ is a process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs
Selection
Induction
Recruitment
Orientation
Which of these is the purpose of recruitment?
Make sure that there is match between cost and benefit
Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of visibly underqualified or over qualified job applicants.
Help the firm create more culturally diverse work - force
None of the above
Recruitment methods can be internal/external/traditional/modern in nature
Yes
No
Employment agencies can be private or public in nature.
True
False
Contract workers can be a source of recruitment
Yes
No
Websites such as naukri.com, monsterjobs.com, indeed.com can be used to attract prospective employees under which method of recruitment?
Outsourcing
Mergers & Acquisitions
E-recruitment
Consult-ins
Employees that have been laid off are also known as
Retired Employees
Retrenched Employees
Loyalty, commitment and motivation of exisiting employees can be improved by offering
Internal Recruitment
External Recruitment
Special form of recruitment that involves placing a student in a temporary job is called ___________.
Unsolicited Applicants
Internship
Summer School
Open Houses
The process of hiring an external provider to do the work that was previously done internally
Offshoring
Reshoring
Outsourcing
Insourcing
Involve an employee of the company recommending a friend or associate as a possible member of the company;
Recruiters
CEO
Employee referrals
Friendship
The recruitment planning process should begin by defining the goals of a recruitment effort.
TRUE
FALSE
With an open recruitment approach, organizations cast a wide net to identify potential applicants for specific job openings
TRUE
FALSE
Applicants also see recruiting processes as fairer if they have an opportunity to perform or demonstrate their ability to do the job.
TRUE
FALSE
A realistic recruitment message portrays the organization and the job as they really are, rather than describing what the organization thinks job applicants want to hear.
TRUE
FALSE
The disadvantages of internal recruitment are
save cost
cloning
new ideas
pool of candidates
The advantages of external recruitment are, EXCEPT
new ideas and expertise
time consuming
various sources available
wider choices
External methods of recruitment are, EXCEPT
advertisement
job fairs
human resource information system
employment agencies
Which stage of the recruitment process involves assessing candidates' technical proficiency and skills related to the job?
Sourcing
Planning
Interviewing
Screening
Which challenge in recruitment refers to the difficulty in finding candidates with specific, in-demand skills?
Time Constraints
Talent Shortage
Cultural Fit Assessment
Candidate Screening
Which stage of the recruitment process involves defining job roles, creating job descriptions, and identifying hiring needs?
Screening
Onboarding
Planning
Sourcing
Where would you usually find a summary of the work history of a prospective employee?
CV
Person specification
Job description
Interview
What is a limitation of e-recruitment?
Healthy competition
Wide choice
Uncertainty
Only source for new enterprises
What is the concept of e-recruitment?
Encouraging candidates to offer selection
Creating a database of candidates
Recruiting employees through electronic means
All of the above
What is the purpose of e-recruitment?
To reduce the pool of potential employees
To complicate the selection process
To increase costs
To make the process more efficient
What is a limitation of e-recruitment according to the text?
Employer and job seekers must have access to the Intranet
All of the above
Employer and job seekers must have access to the Internet
Employer must know how to use electronic means
What is a benefit of e-recruitment according to the text?
Less time is required for recruitment
None of the above
People with desired qualities can be recruited
The process becomes less efficient
