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Stuyvesant High School - ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS

ISBN - 138

1)Only 3% of those who apply get jobs at the Container Store. Of which of the following selection tools does the company make heavy use according to the video?

 References

 Employment tests

 Employment applications

 Interviews

 Assessment centers

 

 

2 The Container Store provides 260 hours of training for its employees, thirty times the national average. Which of the following best describes training?

 It is the evaluation of employees’ current and potential levels of performance to allow managers to make unbiased human resources decisions.

 It is the process of preparing managers and others to assume increased responsibility in both present and future positions.

 It is the process of acquainting new employees with the organization.

 It is the process of teaching operations and technical employees how to do their jobs more effectively and efficiently.

 It is the process of gathering information about employees for a position and using that information to choose the most appropriate applicant for that position.

 

 

 

 

3 After the Container Store forecasts human resources demand and supply, the firm is likely to engage in a systematic procedure for studying positions to determine their various elements and requirements. This is known as

 job description.

 job analysis.

 Job evaluation

 job posting.

 job specification.

 

 

 

4 During the Great Recession, the Container Store did not resort to eliminating positions or personnel, although many other retailers did. This human resources tool of dealing with the problem of having too many employees is known as

 early retirement.

 attrition.

 a buyout.

 a layoff.

 firing.