Workforce Planning: Recruitment and Selection - C234 Pre-Assessment

1. What is a best practice for internal recruitment?Require the current manager to advertise and post the position Hold both internal and external candidates to the same criteria Communicate available positions internally rather than externally Communicate who was selected for the position to internal applicants - Answer- Hold both internal and external candidates to the same criteria 2.An organization has several open positions that would require retraining and relocation of existing employees. The human resources manager is in the process of negotiating with union representatives who want to fill these positions with employee transfers. The manager needs to convince the union that employee transfers will not be in the best interest of the organization. Which argument should the manager use to convince the union? Transferring employees is a temporary solution to fill organizational needs. Transferring employees is a temporary solution that reduces union membership. Transferring employees based on seniority is not effective if the employee lacks the ability to perform the job. Transferring employees to another job within the organization leads to employee insecurity causing low morale. - Answer- Transferring employees based on seniority is not effective if the employee lacks the ability to perform the job. 3. Which role requires a comprehensive view on how skill sets can be used within a firm? Finance manager Operation manager Production line manager Human resources manager - Answer- Human resources manager 4. A company wants to expand. It has established recruitment objectives of filling 10 new engineering jobs with high-performing college graduates from top engineering schools. The company also wants to maintain lower-than-average turnover. The research suggests the rural location may be a barrier to attracting and retaining talent, but the company is not in a position to move. The company wants to develop an appropriate recruitment strategy to accomplish the organization's engineer hiring objectives. How should the human resources manager proceed?