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Unit 3: HR Planning, Recruitment, Selection, Placement and Induction

Notes
Questions:
1. Which selection techniques could measure the attributes identified?
2. How would the HR manager operate for the selection of a sales force? Justify your
answer.

Self Assessment
Multiple choice questions:

5. The ………… may be included promotions, transfers, and response of employees to
notified vacancy.
(a) ASTD (b) external sources

(c) internal sources (d) None of these.
6. …………….. provides complete job-related information, both positive and negative, to
the applicants.
(a) ASTD (b) CEBS

(c) SPHR (d) RJP
7. ………….. the hiring process is of one or many ‘go-no-go’ gauges. Candidates are
screened by the employer and the short-listed applicants go on to the next hurdle,
while the unqualified ones are eliminated.
(a) Ivancevich and Glucck (b) Byars and Rue say
(c) Dale Yoder (d) Wendell French

8. ……………, induction or orientation is “a technique by which a new employee is
rehabilitated into the changed surroundings and introduced to the practices, policies
and purposes of the organization.”
(a) Dale Yoder (b) R.P Billimoria
(c) Ivancevich and Glucck (d) Byars and Rue Say
True or False:

9. Intelligence test is used to find out the candidate’s intelligence.
(a) True (b) False
10. Aptitude or potential ability tests are widely used to measure the talent and ability
of a candidate to learn a new job or skill.
(a) True (b) False
Fill in the blanks:
11. The main functions of .................. are registration of job seckers and their placement in
notified vacancies.
12. The .................. is effective as it generates fast, cost-effective and timely responses from
job applicants.
13. .................. are widely used to measure the talent and ability of a candidate to learn a
new job or skill.
14. Candidates are called for an .................. after they have cleared all other tests.
15. .................. involves assigning specific rank and responsibility to an employee.

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