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A corporate open house occurs when people are invited to the premises of an organization and are briefed about various job opportunities; qualified applicants are then encouraged to complete an application before leaving.

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What is the first step in the typical grievance procedure?

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What term refers to persons who prefer either part-time or full-time temporary employment?


A) contingent worker
B) temporary worker
C) casual labourer
D) fill-in labourer

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Which of the following is a set of unique features of a company and its products that are perceived by the people or companies the organization wishes to serve as significant and superior to those of the competition?


A) synergistic benefit
B) competitive advantage
C) superlative benefit
D) comparative perception

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Canada's aging population will affect the labour market.

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Which of the following is the attempt to find and attract qualified job applicants in the external labour market?


A) labour pool development
B) labour forecasting
C) qualifying
D) recruitment

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Mentoring is a form of off-the-job training.

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What occurs when interested persons are invited to the premises of an organization and briefed about various job opportunities, and qualified applicants are then encouraged to complete an application?


A) corporate open house
B) recruitment fair
C) on-site recruitment
D) open face screening

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Mr. Smythe uses communication and persuasion as his tools to help unions and employers negotiate. Smythe can suggest compromises but cannot issue a binding decision. Which role is he performing?


A) arbitrator
B) mediator
C) conciliator
D) certifier

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Which of the following is NOT one of the selection steps in hiring a new employee?


A) an intelligence test
B) initial screening
C) a selection interview
D) a background and reference check

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When Vincent Cappio began acting in commercials, he was required to join a union that represents actors. Then he was forced to wait on the set for eight hours before appearing in a scene as a clumsy waiter. He was upset when the director decided to eliminate his performance from the finished ad. He was even more upset when the production company that was shooting the commercial said that he was not getting paid. To whom would Cappio complain about not being paid?


A) his national union president
B) his arbitrator
C) his shop steward
D) the company's president

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Simulation is a training system that utilizes the operation of mock equipment by the trainee.

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Which of the following is a study of the tasks required to do a particular job well?


A) job analysis
B) task delineation
C) skill inventory
D) job forecast

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What might recruitment involve?


A) reference checks
B) prospecting on university and college campuses
C) background checks
D) writing job descriptions

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What is the first type of training and development a new employee will be exposed to?


A) vestibule training
B) employee orientation
C) role-playing
D) mediation

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Performance appraisals are comparisons of actual performance with expected performance.

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Herriott & Haynes Fabrication Company uses which of the following methods to systematically compare the actual work accomplishment of each employee with his or her expected performance?


A) job descriptions
B) worker benchmarks
C) value analyses
D) performance appraisals

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What is the first step in the performance appraisal and planning process?

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The manager must est...

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Scott Pao was sitting in a stockholder meeting when a group of workers disrupted the meeting by standing up on the furniture and making claims about unfair working conditions. Since the company is unionized, Pao should recognize that what happened during the meeting was an example of which of the following?


A) part of the grievance procedure
B) corporate campaign
C) union boycott
D) verbal picketing

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Which of the following statements best describes HR demand forecasting?


A) HR managers do not typically engage in HR demand forecasting because the forecasting process requires an expert in research.
B) HR demand forecasting is an internal labour supply forecast.
C) HR demand forecasting uses census figures to calculate labour supply and demand for a particular industry.
D) HR demand forecast involves only forecasting a specific business's labour needs for some future time.

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