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HRM Chapter 5
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Batch approach | Recruiting activities that bring new employees into the organization in groups. |
| Broad skill scope | A recruiting strategy that seeks to attract a large number of applicants. |
| Contingent workers | People working without either an implicit or an explicit contract and who are not required to work a minimum number of hours. |
| Cost measures | Methods of assessing recruiting effectiveness that focus on expenses incurred. |
| Cost per applicant | The measure of recruiting effectiveness that assesses how much it costs to entice each person to submit an application for employment. |
| Cost per hire | The measure of recruiting effectiveness that determines the expense incurred to find each person who is eventually hired. |
| Electronic advertising | Using electronic forms of communication such as the Internet and email to recruit new employees. |
| Employee recruiting | The process of getting people to apply for work with a specific organization. |
| External sourcing | A recruiting strategy that fills job openings by hiring people who are not already employed by the organization. |
| Flow approach | Recruiting activities that are ongoing and designed to constantly find new employees. |
| Human resource planning | The process of forecasting the number and type of employees that will be needed in the future. |
| Idealistic messaging | The recruiting practice of communicating only positive information to potential employees. |
| Independent contractors | Individuals who actually work for themselves but have an ongoing relationship with an organization. |
| Internal sourcing | A recruiting strategy that fills job openings by transferring people who are already working in the organization. |
| Job posting | Using company communication channels to communicate job vacancies. |
| Private employment agency | A business that exists for the purpose of helping organizations find workers. |
| Public employment agency | Government-sponsored agency that helps people find jobs. |
| Quality measures | Methods of assessing recruiting effectiveness that focus on the extent to which sources provide applicants who are actually qualified for jobs. |
| Quantity measures | Methods of assessing recruiting effectiveness that focus on the number of applicants and hires found by each source. |
| Realistic job previews | Information given to potential employees that provides a complete picture of the job and organization. |
| Realistic messaging | The recruiting practice of communicating both good and bad features of jobs to potential employees. |
| Talent wars | Negative competition in which companies attempt to hire one another's employees. |
| Targeted skill scope | A recruiting strategy that seeks to attract a small number of applicants who have specific characteristics. |
| Temporary workers | Individuals who are employed by an outside staffing agency and assigned to work in an organization for a short period of time. |
| Time measures | Methods of assessing recruiting effectiveness that focus on the length of time it takes to fill positions. |