MGT 302 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Flypaper, Job Performance, Structured Interview

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Management
• Course: MGT 302
• Professor: Cynthia Cordes

Document Summary

Involves searching for and obtaining qualified applicants for the organization to consider when filling job openings. A successful recruitment involves a large enough pool numbers of applicants so you can comfortably pick out the most qualified. Distinguish between internal and external methods of recruiting, and identify their advantages and disadvantages. External methods: high schools and vocational schools, community colleges, colleges and universities: for professional jobs (career, competitors and other firms: have experience, unemployed, older individuals, military personnel: discipline, responsibility and highly trained in specialized tasks. Know the difference between the flypaper and the matching philosophies of recruiting. Calculate yield ratios and explain what they mean. Also given the necessary data, could you determine how many 6-month survivors you would end up with if you had y applicants. In other words, be able to work your way from top to bottom and from bottom to top.