Talent Acquisition

Question 1

What are the 3 elements to HR metrics?

Answer 1

• Efficiency
• Effectiveness
• Impact

Question 2

What does Human Capitol ROI express?

Answer 2

how well workers are generating revenues, given their compensation and benefits

Question 3

How is Human Capital ROI calculated what is the formula

Answer 3

Organization’s net revenue - gross revenue after deducting operating expenses, salaries and benefits divided by the cost of salaries and benefits

Question 4

What is a concentration strategy consist of?

Answer 4

a company abandons unprofitable products and services to focus on profitable ones

Question 5

what are the 2 objectives of a growth strategy

Answer 5

to achieve greater productivity and profitability

Question 6

define Outsourcing

Answer 6

purchasing goods or services from outside the company

Question 7

define Offshoring

Answer 7

using international outsourcing to lower cost of labor

Question 8

what is Job Analysis?

Answer 8

analyzing the duties, responsibilities, and tasks of a job; what candidate requirements are there

Question 9

What are the 2 components of job analysis?

Answer 9

• Job Description - states the tasks performed on the job and the purpose of the job
• Job Specification - lists the skills, knowledge, and abilities needed for the job.

Question 10

define Unit Demand

Answer 10

anticipated volume of business and staff demands

Question 11

what does a Probabilistic model do?

Answer 11

make predictions with computer simulations

Question 12

define Work-load analysis

Answer 12

short-term needs analysis that looks at current output and productivity

Question 13

What does a ratio analysis dertermine?

Answer 13

if an organization has enough employees to meet needs

Question 14

define Delphi forecasting

Answer 14

forecasts future job needs by experts that DON’T meet

Question 15

define Nominal group forecasting

Answer 15

Delphi except they do meet

Question 16

define Job Bidding

Answer 16

an employee expresses interest in a position before it opens up

Question 17

when is a Dual Career Ladder used

Answer 17

when promoting employees with NO interest in management

Question 18

define Halo effect

Answer 18

when a manager judges an applicant on only one trait, such as physical appearance, and allows that trait to influence their judgment of other unrelated traits, such as responsibility

Question 19

what does a Behavioral interview analyze?

Answer 19

how they responded to problems in the PAST

Question 20

what does a Hypothetical interview analyze?

Answer 20

how they WOULD respond

Question 21

What does a non-directive interview consist of?

Answer 21

open-ended questions

Question 22

What is a patterned interview?

Answer 22

interview divided into topics

Question 23

What are protected classes under title 7?

Answer 23

• race
• color
• religion
• sex
• pregnancy
• sexual orientation (6/2020)
• gender identity
• national origin
• age (40+)
• genetic info (medical info)

Question 24

define Affirmative Action

Answer 24

increasing the representation of minorities in the workplace

Question 25

What are the conditions of WARN?

Answer 25

100+ full time employees,
60 day notice before mass layoff or plant closing
- mass layoff is 500 employees or 33%

Question 26

What are the maximum damages that can be rewarded in discrimination claims?

Answer 26

• Employer with 15 - 100 employees, $50,000
• Employer with 101 - 200 employees, $100,000
• Employer with 201 - 500 employees, $200,000
• Employer with 501+ employees, $300,000

Question 27

define Front Pay

Answer 27

represents future earnings hadn’t the employee be wrongfully terminated

Question 28

what is the 4/5 rule used for?

Answer 28

to indicate disparate impact

Question 29

define Disparate/Adverse Impact

Answer 29

indirect discrimination of a protected group by a company rule/requirement

Question 30

What are the 5 approaches to job design?

Answer 30

• Mechanistic
• Motivational
• Biological
• Perceptual Motor
• Relational

Question 31

What is the only state that doesn’t have at-will employment?

Answer 31

Montana

Question 32

Foreign nationals who wish to enter the United States and to remain there for an undefined period of time would apply for what?

Answer 32

an immigrant visa

Question 33

What are federal contractors required to do under VEVRAA

Answer 33

use the state job services office for recruitment

Question 34

what is broadbanding?

Answer 34

creating a limited number of pay levels that are broadly defined