3. Recruiting Human Resources (Keyboard Navigable Alternate Version)

Recruiting Human Resources

Human resource recruitment is an organizational activity that is designed to affect the number of people who apply for vacancies, the type of people who apply for them, and/or the likelihood that those applying for vacancies will accept positions if offered. A primary goal of recruitment is to ensure that when a vacancy occurs, the organization has a number of reasonably qualified applicants to choose from.

All companies have to address three concerns regarding recruiting: (1) personnel policies, which affect the kinds of jobs the company has to offer; (2) recruitment sources used to solicit applicants, which affect the kinds of people who apply; and (3) the characteristics, or traits, and behaviors of the recruiter. This activity is important because it will give you practice in addressing these concerns.

The goal of this activity is to characterize the recruitment policies that organizations use and the recruiter's role in the recruitment process.

Read each scenario related to recruiting, then select the appropriate label to which it applies.

1. Allstate Insurance recruits from within as much as possible, by filling vacancies with workers already employed by the organization.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

2. Applicants react to a recruiter's warmth and ability to provide the information the applicant is seeking.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

3. Sprint has increased the percentage of new hires who are recruited by word-of-mouth and referrals.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

4. Recruiters who provide realistic job previews may minimize the problem of early employee turnover.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

5. Companies that use advertising to recruit job candidates must consider what to say, who to say it to, and what medium to use.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

6. The U.S. Army has offered pay raises, developed the Army's Partnership for Youth Success Program, and partners with private sector organizations to retrain current soldiers and relocate spouses.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

7. Recruiters can increase their impact on applicants by providing timely feedback.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

8. Organizations that are not well known may use the web to attract talent by interacting with large well-known job sites such as Monster.com or CareerBuilder.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources

9. McMaster-Carr has a policy that the employment relationship can be terminated by the employee or the employer at any time for any reason.

A. Personnel Policies

B. Recruiter Traits and Behaviors

C. Recruitment Sources