Recruitment sources are unlimited; therefore, an organization must decide how to reach the best sources of potential employees. Sources of recruitment include: internal and external sources, direct applicants, referrals, advertisements, electronic recruiting, public and private employment agencies, and colleges and universities. Evaluating the quality of recruiting sources can be done by compiling yield ratios that express the percentage of applicants who successfully move from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to another. In this exercise, please read the mini-case and answer the questions that follow. A large Midwestern university is opening a regional branch about an hour away from its main campus. Labor projections suggest that the company will need to hire about 200 new employees to fill cleaning, maintenance, security, and cafeteria entry-level positions. Because of traffic and bad winter weather, it is unlikely that many of the university's current staff will want to transfer to the regional branch. Most of the openings are for hands-on, manual labor jobs that do not require a college education, extensive computer skills, or office experience. The university would like to minimize the cost of its recruiting efforts. 1. Which of the following recruitment sources should the university use to fill its 200 positions?
Newspaper advertising
Colleges and universities
Electronic recruiting
2. Which of the following recruitment sources should the university avoid using to hire for its entry-level positions?
Referrals
Headhunters
External sources
3. Which of the following is the LEAST appropriate source of recruiting for the vacant jobs?
College and university placement offices
Direct applicants
Newspaper advertising
4. Because the university is concerned with cost, it should NOT consider which of the following sources of recruitment that might be expensive?
Referrals
Direct applicants
Private employment agencies
5. Because of the new location relative to the main campus, the organization will probably use which of the following sources of recruitment?
Internal candidates
External sources
Incentives to employees for referrals