Research shows that applicants respond positively to certain characteristics and behaviors of recruiters. Research supports that recruiters should be all of the following EXCEPT:

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informative

funny

realistic

warm

Manager Marco is going to interview five job candidates, but he wants to be careful about legal issues involving protected groups. Three of the following questions would be a bad idea to use, but one question is safe or permissible. Which question is safe or permissible?

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What religious holidays do you observe?

Which educational degrees have you earned?

What is your age?

In what country were you born?

Which of the following statements about interviews is FALSE?

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Unstructured (nondirective) interviews are typically more valid than structured interviews.

Structured interviews are more standardized than unstructured (nondirective) interviews.

Interviews can be used to make judgments about a candidates interpersonal skills.

Interviews are very commonly used in organizations.

Which one of the following statements about the use of transitional matrices in HR planning is FALSE?

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They are useful for charting historical trends in the companys supply of labor.

Under stable conditions, they are useful for developing future strategies to address labor shortages or surpluses.

They show the proportion or number of employees in different job categories at different times.

They explain why employees may want to leave the company.

Which of the following tends to be the greatest concern regarding the use of cognitive ability tests?

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Cognitive ability does not usually predict job performance

There is potential for disparate impact on minority applicants

Scoring the tests is usually very time consuming

Reliability is usually low because cognitive ability is not stable