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4. Identify the benefits and drawbacks of external recruiting. 5. Describe what supervisors should do before, during, and after interviewing applicants. 6. Explain how supervisors can contribute to human resources planning.
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Alternative Schedules
Flex-timeallowing employees to vary their times of arrival and departure
Job Sharingallowing two or more part-time employees to assume responsibilities of one full-time job
Compressed Schedulingallowing employees to work the equivalent of a standard workweek in less than the usual five days
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Internal RecruitingAdvantages
Improves morale of promoted employee Improves morale of other staff members Managers can better assess the abilities of internal recruits Successions help reinforce a companys internal career ladder Lower costs than external recruiting Reduces training costs
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Internal RecruitingDisadvantages
Promotes inbreeding
Lower morale for those skipped over for promotions Skipped over staff may feel favoritism exists Filling a gap in one department may create a more critical gap in another
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External RecruitingAdvantages
Brings new talent, new ideas into a company
Enables recruiter to find out about competing companies Reinforces positive aspects of a company Avoids politics of internal recruiting Serves as a form of advertising
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External RecruitingDisadvantages
Difficult to find a good fit with companys culture
May create morale problems if no opportunities for current staff Orientation takes longer Lowers productivity in the short run Conflicts with internal and external recruits
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Open-Ended Questions
Prompt applicants to answer with more than just yes or no responses:
What do you dislike about your current job? Can you describe the best boss youve had? How would your co-workers describe you? What was the worst thing that happened to you at work? How did you handle it? What do you want to be doing three years from now?
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Closed Questions
Prompt applicants to answer with short yes or no responses:
Do you like your current job? When did you graduate? How long have you lived in this city?
Categories to Avoid
When interviewing job applicants, avoid asking questions about:
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Birthplace, age, religion Race, creed, color Height, weight Marital status National origin Arrest records
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