Talent Acquisition Strategy
Job Descriptions
Job Analysis
Sourcing and Recruiting
Talent Selection
100
The HR function that acts on the organizational human capital needs identified through workforce planning and attempts to provide an adequate supply of qualified individuals to complete the body of work.
What is staffing?
100
This is a well-written description of a job and its essential functions and requirements, including tasks, knowledge, skills, abilities, responsibilities, and reporting structure.
What is a job description?
100
The systemic study of jobs to determine what activities (tasks) and responsibilities they include, the personal qualifications necessary for the performance of the jobs, and the conditions under which the work is performed.
What is job analysis?
100
The number of people on the organization's payroll at a particular time.
What is head count?
100
What is the first step in the selection process when evaluating the most suitable candidates for a position?
What is screening?
200
The process of positioning an organization as an "employer of choice" in the labor market.
What is employment branding?
200
Minimum knowledge, skills, and abilities of the job.
What is included in the minimum qualifications section of a job description?
200
This job analysis method provides an enormous amount of data and can be acceptable to task- or process-oriented jobs (for example, administration, call center operators, shipping and receiving, warehouse).
What is "work diary" or "log" job analysis method?
200
What is missing in this cost of hire equation?
What is "total costs"?
200
This system can perform resume screening by scanning candidate documents for keywords, aligning candidate qualifications with job requirements.
What is an applicant tracking system (ATS)?
300
Creating a positive, compelling image of the organization (for example, social responsibility, purpose, conduct, ethics, reputation).
What is a component of employment branding?
300
A cluster of highly interrelated attributes, including knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), that give rise to the behaviors needed to perform a given job effectively.
What are job competencies?
300
This type of job analysis method provides a realistic view of the daily tasks and activities performed in a job.
What is the "observation" job analysis method?
300
Sources of spending outside the organization on recruiting efforts during the time period in question. Examples include third-party agency fees, advertising costs, job fair costs, and travel costs in the course of the recruiting effort.
What is an external recruiting cost?
300
This type of interview usually takes 20 minutes or less and is conducted by HR when there is a high volume of applicants for a job.
What are pre-screening interviews?
400
This answers the two-part questions: "Why would a talented person want to start working for an organization and why would they want to continue to work for an organization?"
What is an organization's employee value proposition (EVP)?
400
This describes the minimum qualifications necessary to perform a job and should reflect what is necessary for satisfactory performance.
What is a job specification?
400
This method of job analysis generates a complete picture of everything that a person must do and breaks them down by difficulty and importance, allowing for prioritization of requirements and specifications.
What is the "task inventory" job analysis method?
400
This represents the amount of time (or number of days) from when a job requisition is opened until the offer is accepted by the candidate.
What is "time to fill" metric?
400
In this type of interview, the interviewer asks every candidate the same questions and follow-up questions may be different.
What is a structured interview?
500
This happens when an organization's EVP is inconsistent with actual work enviornment.
What is erodes the credibility of the branding strategy?
500
These should be included in which section of a job description? Experience, education, training, licenses and certifications (if required), mental abilities and physical skills, and level or organizational responsibilities.
What is the job specification section?
500
This type of job analysis method requires an interview to use pre-determined questions, with new ones added based on the response of the employee being interviewed and is a good method for professional roles.
What is the "interview" job analysis method?
500
This refers to the loss of employees due to reasons other than firing and other employer-initiated events.
What is employee attrition?
500
In this type of interview, the interviewer focuses on how the candidate previously handled situations (real experiences, not hypothetical ones) to determine if the individual possesses the minimum qualifications for the job.
What is a behavioral interview?