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True or False - Sourcing is only done for internal job candidates
Answer - False
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What are some strengths of a recruiting source?
Faster cheaper better at acquiring people who fit the corporate culture and work processes better at acquiring high quality people better at acquiring people with previous work experience better for finding diverse applicants better for finding people not actively looking for a job better at generating large numbers of hires
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Name three non-traditional applicant pools
Workers with disabilities Older workers\retirees Welfare recipients Retired military personnel Stay at home parents Ex-prisoners
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Name two internal recruiting sources
Employee Development Internal Job Posting Contacts or Referrals Succession Management Talent Inventories
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What is the difference between 'procedural fairness' and 'interactional fairness'?
Procedural Fairnes relates to people’s beliefs that the policies and procedures that produced the hiring or promotion decision were fair while Interactional Fairness is connected to people’s perceptions of the interpersonal treatment and the amount of information they received during the hiring process. Procedure versus treatment
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Name any (3) recruiter training areas
Recruiting knowledge Interpersonal skills Presentation skills The organisation’ goals and recruiting objectives Legal issues Multiple assessments Application attraction
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What are some good desirable recruiter characteristics that may makes a recruiter more or less effective? Name (4)
Familiarity with the job and organisation Good listening skills Good communication skills Good social skills Intelligence Self-confidence Extroversion Enthusiasm about the job and company Trustworthiness Credibility
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What are the steps involved in creating a sourcing plan
Profile desirable employees Analyze the effectiveness of different recruiting sources on an ongoing bases Utilize different recruiting sources based on the firm’s staffing goals and employees profiles
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What is one limitation of external recruiting sources
Can be costly Can be time consuming Sourcing quality candidates may be difficult
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State at least two purposes of recruitment
• Determine the present and future requirements of the organization in conjunction with the personnel planning and job analysis activities. • Increase the pool of job candidates with minimum cost. • Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of under qualified or overqualified job applicants. • Help reduce the probability that job applicants, once recruited and selected, will leave the organization only after a short period of time. • Meet the organization's legal and social obligations regarding the composition of its workforce. • Start identifying and preparing potential job applicants who will be appropriate candidates. • Increase organizational and individual effectiveness in the short and long term. • Evaluate the effectiveness of various recruiting techniques and sources for all types of job applicants.
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"Smadditization is the response not to an individual but a social dissin" -Mills, C. (1997) Explain this quote
Ask Janet!
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Fully explain the concept of Nowhere Towers in reference to Mill, C. (1997) article on Smadditizin’
Ask Michelle!
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There are four attempts that have been made to resolve the problems of self worth evaluation in the Jamaica society. Garveyism, the Nationalist Movement, the Development movement and Black Power. In three words, explain what the movement was about.
Ask Shahri!
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How does the line ‘Emancipate yourself from mental slavery’ in Bob Marley’s ‘Redemption Song’ capture Jamaican realities of self-hood?
Ask Marilyn!
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In the article by Errol Miller (1971) Self & Identity Problems in Jamaica- The Perspective of Shame, Jamaica is stated as an area of shame. Do you believe this view? Why yes or why no?
Ask Marcia!