Recruitment Sources

Recruitment sources are unlimited; therefore, an organization must decide how to reach the best sources of potential employees. Sources of recruitment include: internal and external sources, direct applicants, referrals, advertisements, electronic recruiting, public and private employment agencies, and colleges and universities. Evaluating the quality of recruiting sources can be done by compiling yield ratios that express the percentage of applicants who successfully move from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to another.

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A large Canadian university is opening a regional location about an hour away from its main campus. Labour projections suggest that the university will need to hire about $200$ new employees to fill cleaning, maintenance, security, and cafeteria entry$-$level positions. Because of traffic and bad winter weather, it is unlikely that many of the university's current staff will want to transfer to the regional location. Most of the openings are for hands$-$on$,$ manual labour jobs that do not require a university education, extensive computer skills, or office experience. The university would like to minimize the cost of its recruiting efforts.

$1$a$.$ Which of the following recruitment sources should the $...$

Which of the following recruitment sources should the university use to fill its $200$ positions?

Multiple Choice

job postings

colleges and universities

social media

private employment agencies

electronic recruiting