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Recruitment & Selection

Recruitment & Selection

Q Assessment Assignment Please answer the following questions to the best of your knowledge. Part One: Workforce Planning Review 1. Describe two purpose of workforce planning (2 Points.) 2. List three internal considerations in workforce planning (3 Points) 3. List two external considerations in workforce planning (2 Points) 4. Matching: draw a line to match the type of quantitative tool used in forecasting labor needs with a correct example of that method. (3 Points) A. Trend Analysis B. Ratio Analysis C. Regression Analysis Part Two: Recruitment Review 1. Give one consideration of P/J fit and P/O fit. (2 Points). 2. Describe two advantage of hiring external candidates. (1 Point) 3. Alex is employed at a company and enjoys his job but is dissatisfied with his pay rate. Lamya, a recruiter calls Alex and asks if he would be interested in interviewing at a different company. (1 Point) Alex is a passive/active job candidate (circle one). 4.Suppose you work for a company that conducts a workforce utilization review and finds that blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in the company’s workforce. How might recruiting practices contribute to the situation? (2 Points) Part II. Selection Review 1. Fill-in the two missing steps in creating assessments. (1 Point) 2. A company does not check references or conduct a criminal background check on an employee. The employee has a long history of violent crime. The employee physically attacks a customer who subsequently sues the company. This is an example of ____. (1 Point) 3. Suppose a manufacturer using analytics learns that employees who graduated from one technical college are slower to get up to speed than employees who graduated from another technical college. How might applying the data to hiring decisions raise the risk of discrimination? (2 Point) 4. In general, what is the purpose of the Ban the Box law? (1 Point) 5. Give an example of two questions that should not be asked in the interview process? (2 Points) 6. State two reasons why do companies use structured interviews? (2 Points)

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To reduce labor cost by identifying the appropriate needs of the organization and promoting it within the workforce. To assist in assessing current and future human capital by decreasing imbalance competency gaps as well as improving organization structure and practices. The internal considerations in workforce planning are as follows. Organizational structure: Complete knowledge of the structure of the organization is essential as it depicts the optimal requirement of the workforce of the organization. Budget: Having a budget for workforce planning assists the organization to frame the proper training and developing program for the organization. Skills: The insight of the skills and capability of the employees to assist the organization in the allocation of the organizations workload.