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HRM Chapter 5
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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. |