单选题 Which of the following is the responsibility of an HR manager?
单选题 Which of the following is the responsibility of an HR manager?
A.taking care of customers
B.recruiting the right person for the right job
C.promoting the company products
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 23-30
Interviewer: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to introduce Mr. William Hans, the Human Resources Manager of Lenovo to share his insights into the right ways of recruiting the beststaff. Mr.Hans, first of all, what do you think of your work?
Guest: As an HR manager, I am responsible for recruiting the right candidate to fill a vacancy. It doesn't sound like a big deal but now it's become a difficult and costly task. If you appoint the wrong person, it's gonna be a very expensive mistake which could cause personnel problems for the whole department. And you know,it is much more difficult to dismiss someone than it is to employ him.
Interviewer: Oh, really, as a staff member of the radio station, I'm actually quite happy to know that. Well, what do you have to decide first when there is a vacancy?
Guest: My first decision would be whether to recruit internal applicants or advertise the vacancy outside the company.
Interviewer: If it were me, I'd prefer giving the job to an internal applicant. That would be a readycandidate, don't you think so?
Guest: Yes. And it's easy and cheap to do so. We could easily do that by memos, e-mails or newslettersinside the company. And furthermore, these people are easy to assess because they've been with usfor quite some time and they know the company very well too.
Interviewer: Yeah, if that's the case, why don't you just…
Guest: That's exactly what I want to make clear. In spite of all the advantages, an internal candidate doesn't make a good choice because. they rarely bring fresh ideas to a position. If they are rejected, which is not impossible, they might become very upset and leave the company.
Interviewer: Yes,I see your point here. I'll think it over very seriously if my boss gives me a new job. Then how about recruiting staff outside the company?
Guest: Recruiting outside the company means either advertising the vacancy directly or using anemployment agency. If the company decides to advertise the vacancy directly, it has to decide where to place the advertisement. Traditionally this has meant newspapers and professional journalsbut now the Internet is also very popular.
Interviewer: Then what is important when deciding on where to place the ads?
Guest: Well, this normally depends on the job itself. For blue-collar or clerical job, we usually advertise inlocal newspapers. For senior management positions, we usually use national newspapers orprofessional journals. I'd like to mention the Internet as one of the best ways of advertising ITVAcancies or recruiting abroad. More and more jobs are being advertised on the Internet. However, with the Internet there is a risk of receiving unsuitable applications from all over the world since it's so easy to click and apply and just try your luck. And it hardly costs anything at all.
Interviewer: It is really a tough job.Then in addition to using these media, what do you think of the idea ofusing a recruiting agency?
Guest: An agency is either a commercial business or a government employment center. As far as ourcompany is concerned, we usually use a government agency to recruit blue-collar workers but prefera commercial agency to recruit white-collar staff. However, a commercial agency could be very expensive and the applicants are less likely to stay with the company for a long time.
单选题 Dismissing an incompetent staff can be anything but
A.easy. B.expensive. C.difficult.
【正确答案】 A
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单选题 Internal applicants are______better than outsiders.
A.surely B.hardly C.not necessarily
【正确答案】 C
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单选题 An HR manager usually recruits people outside the company by
A.memos. B.advertisements. C.newsletters.
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 Which of the following has been used only recently to advertise vacancies?
A.newspapers
B.recruitment agencies
C.Internet
【正确答案】 C
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单选题 Where does the HR manager usually advertise blue-collar or clerical jobs?
A.Local newspapers
B.National newspapers
C.Professional journals
【正确答案】 A
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单选题 What does the speaker think is the risk of advertising with Internet?
A.It is very expensive.
B.It attracts lots of unsuitable applicants.
C.It offers no guarantee whatsoever.
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 According to the guest speaker,what is the best way of recruiting the right staff?
A.It depends.
B.Professional journals.
C.Government agencies.
【正确答案】 A
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