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Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

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“Kudos to the team for a job well done.  I am sincerely appreciative of the time and effort you gave on my resume.  You did not only help me land the job I had always been dreaming of but you also made me realize how important adding those specific keywords to my resume!  Cheers!

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Question #1
It refers to plans to allow employees to share in cost savings or productivity gains realized by their efforts
A  destructive stress or strain
B  performance coaching
C  behavioral interviews
D  gain-sharing
Question #2
It refers to plans to distribute to employees a proportion of net profits earned by the organization
A  constructive stress or eustress
B  unstructured interviews
C  performance assessment/performance review
D  profit-sharing
Question #3
It refers to the provision of one-time payments based on performance accomplishments
A  bonus pay
B  performance management system
C  job discrimination
D  stressor
Question #4
It refers to the awarding of pay increases in proportion to performance contributions
A  management development
B  stress
C  employee value propositions
D  merit pay
Question #5
It refers to balancing of career demands with personal and family needs
A  mood contagion
B  work-life balance
C  reverse mentoring
D  strategic human resource management
Question #6
It refers to the salary or hourly wage paid to an individual
A  base compensation
B  mentoring
C  moods
D  person-organization fit
Question #7
It refers to the inclusio of superiors, subordinates, peers, and even customers in the appraisal process
A  coaching
B  person-job fit
C  360-degree appraisals
D  emotional intelligence
Question #8
It refers to the comparison of one person’s performance with that of others
A  emotions
B  multiperson comparison
C  job rotation
D  human capital
Question #9
It refers to the tendency to give employees a higher performance rating than they deserve
A  human resource management
B  organizational citizenship behavior
C  training
D  leniency
Question #10
When you keep a log of employees’ effective and ineffective job behaviors
A  Competitive advantage 
B  critical-incident technique
C  socialization
D  organizational commitment
Question #11
When there is overemphasis on the most recent behaviors when evaluating individuals’ performance
A  assessment center
B  recency bias
C  job involvement
D  financial resources 
Question #12
It refers to the use of specific descriptions of actual behaviors to rate various levels of performance
A  strategic management 
B  behaviorally anchored rating scale
C  employee engagement
D  biodata methods
Question #13
It refers to the use of a checklist of traits or characteristics to evaluate performance
A  job satisfaction
B  graphic rating scale
C  situational interviews
D  halo effect
Question #14
It provides frequent and developmental feedback for how a worker can improve job performance
A  stereotype
B  cognitive dissonance
C  performance coaching
D  behavioral interviews
Question #15
It refers to the process of formally evaluating performance and providing feedback to a job holder
A  unstructured interviews
B  performance assessment/performance review
C  self-serving bias
Question #16
It sets standards, assesses results, and plans for performance improvements
A  performance management system
B  fundamental attribution error
C  validity
Question #17
It refers to the training to improve knowledge and skills in the management process
A  attribution
B  external recruitment
C  reliability
D  management development
Question #18
When younger employees mentor seniors to improve their technology skills
A  reverse mentoring
B  recruitment
C  realistic job previews
D  employee value proposition
Question #19
It assigns new hires and early-career employees as proteges to more senior employees
A  selection
B  job specifications
C  mentoring
D  psychological contract
Question #20
It occurs when an experienced employee offers performance advice to a less experienced co-worker
A  job description
B  perception
C  traditional recruitment
D  coaching
Question #21
When people switch tasks to learn multiple jobs
A  internal recruitment
B  job analysis
C  collective bargaining
D  job rotation
Question #22
It provides learning opportunities to acquire and improve job-related skills
A  labor contract
B  training
C  social recruiting
D  human resource planning
Question #23
It is a process of learning and adapting to the organizational culture
A  validity
B  labor union
C  socialization
D  workplace privacy
Question #24
It familiarizes new hires with the organization’s mission and culture, their jobs and co-workers, and performance expectations
A  onboarding/orientation
B  reliability
C  wrongful discharge
D  permatemps
Question #25
When applicants are evaluated while performing actual work tasks
A  realistic job previews
B  employment-at-will
C  work sampling
D  independent contractors
Question #26
It examines how job candidates handle simulated work situations
A  selection
B  comparable worth
C  assessment center
D  termination
Question #27
When you collect certain biographical information that has been proven to correlate with good job performance
A  biodata methods
B  traditional recruitment
C  early retirement incentive programs
D  sexual harassment
Question #28
When the interviewer asks job applicants how they would react in specific situations
A  bona fide occupational qualifications
B  internal recruitment
C  situational interviews
Question #29
When the intervewer ask job applicants about past behaviors
A  affirmative action
B  employment-at-will
C  social recruiting
D  behavioral interviews
Question #30
When the interviewer does not work from a formal and pre-established list of questions that is asked of all interviewees
A  strategic human resource management
B  bonus pay
C  unstructured interviews
D  termination
Question #31
It means that scores on a selection device have a demonstrated correlation with future job performance
A  merit pay
B  early retirement incentive programs
C  person-organization fit
D  validity
Question #32
It means that a selection device repeatedly gives consistent results
A  person-job fit
B  work-life balance
C  reliability
D  employee assistance programs
Question #33
It provides job candidates with all pertinent information about a job and an organization, both positive and negative
A  realistic job previews
B  family-friendly benefits
C  base compensation
D  human capital
Question #34
It refers to choosing individuals to hire from a pool of qualified job applicants
A  human resource management
B  flexible benefits
C  360-degree appraisals
D  selection
Question #35
It seeks to focus on selling the job and organization to applicants
A  employee benefits
B  multiperson comparison
C  traditional recruitment
D  Competitive advantage 
Question #36
When you seek job applicants from inside the organization
A  internal recruitment
B  financial resources 
C  stock options
D  leniency
Question #37
When employers browse social media sites looking for prospective job candidates
A  critical-incident technique
B  social recruiting
C  employee stock ownership plans
D  strategic management 
Question #38
It refers to seeking job applicants from outside the organization
A  work sampling
B  recency bias
C  external recruitment
D  gain-sharing
Question #39
It refers to the set of activities designed to attract a talented pool of job applicants
A  profit-sharing
B  recruitment
C  behaviorally anchored rating scale
D  assessment center
Question #40
It lists the qualifications required of a job holder
A  job specifications
B  strategic human resource management
C  biodata methods
Question #41
It details the duties and responsibilities of a job holder
A  person-organization fit
B  comparable worth
C  job description
D  situational interviews
Question #42
It refers t o the study of what exactly is done in a job, and why
A  person-job fit
B  job analysis
C  sexual harassment
D  behavioral interviews
Question #43
It refers to the analysis of staffing needs and identifies actions to fill those needs
A  human capital
B  human resource planning
C  unstructured interviews
D  bona fide occupational qualifications
Question #44
It refers to the right to privacy while at work
A  human resource management
B  workplace privacy
C  affirmative action
D  validity
Question #45
It refers to workers that are employed in a temporary status for an extended period of time
A  reliability
B  Competitive advantage 
C  permatemps
D  equal employment opportunities
Question #46
It refers to those who are hired as needed and are not part of the organization’s permanent workforce
A  job discrimination
B  independent contractors
C  realistic job previews
D  financial resources 
Question #47
It holds that persons performing jobs of similar importance should be paid at comparable levels
A  employee value propositions
B  selection
C  comparable worth
D  strategic management 
Question #48
It refers to the behavior of a sexual nature that affects a person’s employment situation
A  validity
B  sexual harassment
C  job specifications
D  traditional recruitment
Question #49
It refers to the employment criteria justified by the capacity to perform a job
A  bona fide occupational qualifications
B  reliability
C  internal recruitment
D  job description
Question #50
It refers to the effort to give preference in employment to women and minority group members who have traditionally been underrepresented
A  job analysis
B  affirmative action
C  realistic job previews
D  social recruiting
Question #51
It refers to the requirement that employment decisions be made without regard to sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, able-bodiedness, or religion
A  selection
B  human resource planning
C  equal employment opportunities
Question #52
It occurs when someone is denied a job or work assignment for reasons that are not job relevant
A  traditional recruitment
B  equal employment opportunities
C  workplace privacy
D  job discrimination
Question #53
It refers to the packages of opportunities and rewards that make diverse and talented people want to belong to and work hard for the organization
A  internal recruitment
B  job discrimination
C  employee value propositions
D  permatemps
Question #54
It refers to the mobilization of human capital to implement organizational strategies
A  social recruiting
B  employee value propositions
C  strategic human resource management
D  independent contractors
Question #55
It refers to the extent to which an individual’s values, interests, and behavior are consistent with the culture of the organization
A  comparable worth
B  person-organization fit
C  external recruitment
D  strategic human resource management
Question #56
It refers to the extent to which an individual’s knowledge, skills, experiences and personal characteristics are consistent with the requirements of their work
A  recruitment
B  sexual harassment
C  person-organization fit
D  person-job fit
Question #57
It refers to the economic value of people with job-relevant knowledge, skills, abilities, ideas, energies, and commitments
A  person-job fit
B  human capital
C  bona fide occupational qualifications
Question #58
It refers to the process of attracting, developing, and maintaining a talented workforce
A  human resource management
B  job description
C  affirmative action
D  human capital
Question #59
Pershing General Hospital is a 125-bed, primary-care facility located in a rural area. As there are no other hospitals within 50 miles, it provides the one and only, high-quality emergency, primary care, and retail pharmacy within its service area. This is considered Pershing General Hospital’s:
A  Mission 
B  Competitive advantage 
C  Vision 
D  Strategy
Question #60
Typical sources of competitive advantage are technology, cost and quality, knowledge and speed, barriers to entry, and _____.
A  creativity
B  empowerment of employees 
C  financial resources 
D  a transnational strategy 
E  a multi domestic strategy 
Question #61
The essence of _____ is formulating and implementing strategies.
A  strategic management 
B  strategy analysis 
C  a mission 
D  a vision
E  a functional strategy 
Question #62
Organizational culture is the predominant value system for the organization as a whole.
A  FALSE
B  TRUE
Question #63
Decreasing the size of operations is called:
A  co-opetition. 
B  diversification. 
C  vertical integration.
D  downsizing. 
E  globalization. 
Question #64
Adopting standardized products and advertising for use worldwide is called a(n):
A  globalization strategy. 
B  multi-domestic strategy. 
C  downsizing strategy.
D  transnational strategy. 
E  turnaround strategy. 
Question #65
Acquiring or investing in new and different businesses is which type of growth strategy?
A  Diversification 
B  Restructuring 
C  Concentration 
D  Retrenchment 
E  Divestiture
Question #66
A _____is the ability to outperform rivals in ways that are difficult or costly to imitate.
A  strategy 
B  competitive analysis 
C  sustainable competitive advantage
D  SWOT analysis 
E  strategic intent 
Question #67
A _____ offers a unique product to a special market segment.
A  focused cost leadership 
B  differentiation 
C  globalization 
D  focused differentiation 
E  cost leadership
Question #68
A clear sense of mission helps managers act in ways so that the organization inspires the support and respect of _____, the individuals and groups directly affected by the organization and its strategic accomplishments.
A  focal groups
B  stakeholders
C  stockholders 
D  special interest groups 
E  employees 
Question #69
_____is the intentional distortion of information to make appear most favorable to the recipient.
A  A mixed message
B  Dysfunctional communication 
C  Information filtering 
D  Noise 
E  Disruptive communication 
Question #70
_____ listening helps the source of a message say what he or she really means.
A  Active 
B  Assertive 
C  Accommodative
D  Collaborative
E  Passive 
Question #71
The pathway through which a message moves from a sender to receiver is called:
A  an ear. 
B  a communication channel.
C  an email. 
D  delivery vehicle. 
E  a memo. 
Question #72
Presenting a message in a manner that causes the other person to support it is called:
A  filtering. 
B  communication. 
C  nonverbal communication.
D  persuasion. 
E  credibility. 
Question #73
In a _____ conflict, no one achieves his or her true desires, and the underlying reasons for conflict remain unaffected.
A  collaborative 
B  lose-lose 
C  win-win 
D  win-lose
E  competitive 
Question #74
Having trust, respect, and integrity in the eyes of others is known as:
A  persuasion.
B  nonverbal communication.
C  filtering. 
D  credibility
E  communication
Question #75
Giving feedback directly and with real feeling, based on trust between you and the receiver is an example of _____.
A  constructive feedback 
B  substantive conflict 
C  destructive feedback 
D  active listening
E  space design 
Question #76
A _____results when words communicate one message while actions, body language, or appearance communicate something else.
A  status effect 
B  filter 
C  mixed message
D  space design
E  richness of channel selection 
Question #77
A mixed message occurs when _____.
A  a person’s words communicate one message while actions, body language, or appearance communicate something else
B  the person sending the message uses two languages. 
C  a person gives the original message in written form and receives the feedback orally.
D  a person uses both written and oral communication channels at the same time.
E  the person sending the message is from a different culture than the person receiving the message.
Question #78
A disagreement over issues of substance and/or an emotional antagonism is called a(n) _____.
A  avoidance 
B  conflict resolution 
C  feedback 
D  mediation 
E  conflict
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