Definitions
Statistics and Numbers
Ways and Methods
True or False
100
The process of searching out and attracting qualified job applicants, which begins with the identification of a position that requires staffing and is completed when résumés and/or completed application forms are received from an adequate number of applicants
What is Recruitment?
100
The hourly minimum wage for most employees in Alberta is A. $9.95 B. $9.59 C. $9.05 D. $9.50
A
100
Activist, change steward, talent manager/organizational designer, operational executor and business ally are the new ______ expected from HR professionals to help their organization achieve its strategic objectives
What is HR Competencies
100
National or ethnic origin is not one of the prohibited grounds of discrimination in employment in Alberta.
True.
200
The process of forecasting future human resources requirements to ensure that the organization will have the required number of employees with the necessary skills to meet its strategic objectives.
What is Human Resources Planning?
200
How many evolutionary phases are there in human resources movement? Bonus Questions, can you specify the time period for each phase?
Four phases. Phase 1: early 1900’s Phase 2: 1930’s - 1950's Phase 3: 1960’s - 1980's Phase 4: 1990’s - present
200
Name two ways to collect job analysis information.
What is Interviews (individual, group, supervisory), Questionnaires, Observations, Participant diary/log, National Occupation Classification (NOC)?
200
The Evolution of HR Technology experienced three stages. They are Stage 1: Paper-Based Systems, Stage 2: Early Personal Computer Technology and Stage 3: Electronic Database Systems.
False. There are four stages. Stage 4: Web-Based Technology
300
Jurisdictions specific legislation that prohibits intentional and unintentional discrimination in employment situations and in the delivery of goods and services.
What is Human Rights Legislation?
300
As of April, what is the current unemployment rate in Canada? A. 5% B. 6% C. 7% D. 8%
C
300
What can HR do with the information gathered through job analysis? Please name three activities.
What is human resources planning, recruitment and selection, job evaluation – wage and salary decisions (compensation), performance appraisal, labor relations, training & development & career management, job design?
300
If one employee harassed another employee at work, it is his/her own behavior. The employer should not be responsible for individual worker's wrong doing.
False.
400
The procedure firms use to determine the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of each job, and the human attributes (in terms of knowledge, skills, and abilities) required to perform it.
What is Job Analysis?
400
Baby Boomers refers to people who were born between: A. 1940 - 1960 B. 1945 - 1965 C. 1946 - 1964 D. 1946 – 1965
C
400
Define five external recruitment methods.
What is employee referrals, former employees, educational institutions, open houses, job fairs, professional and trade associations, labor organizations, military personnel, online recruiting, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), executive search firms, private employment agencies, walk-ins and write-ins, online networking sites, print advertising?
400
What employees do with their own social networking site accounts (such as Facebook, Twitter, and etc.) is their own business. Employers should not interfere with employees' privacy.
False.
500
A common initial response to an employee surplus. Opening a filled by reassigning current employees and no outsiders are hired.
What is Hiring Freeze?
500
On average, persons with disabilities experience an unemployment rate that is ____ percent higher than that for the able-bodies population and an average income that is ____ percent lower. A. 50, 17 B. 45, 20 C. 50, 20 D. 45, 17
A
500
Steps in ____________ include: 1. Establish strategic direction of organization 2. Identify core skills and competencies needed in critical jobs 3. Identify employees who have, or can acquire, the skills and provide developmental opportunities
What is Succession Planning
500
Employers are required to adjust employment policies and practices so that no individual is prevented from doing his or her job on the basis of prohibited grounds for discrimination. Failure to make every reasonable effort to accommodate employees is a violation of human rights legislation in all Canadian jurisdictions.
True.
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