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Recruitment, selection and training of employees: Practice Questions

5 multiple-choice questions marked as you go, and 5 written questions with worked solutions. All on Recruitment, selection and training of employees.

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Question 1
1 mark

Which of the following is a characteristic of on-the-job training?

Question 2
1 mark

Which document outlines the specific responsibilities and duties involved in a particular job role?

Question 3
1 mark

An enterprise discovers that its labor turnover is high, with many new employees leaving within three months. Which improvement to the recruitment and training process would most likely solve this problem?

Question 4
1 mark

Which document outlines the qualifications, skills, and personal qualities required for a candidate to be successful in a job?

Question 5
1 mark

A small business needs to hire a new manager and decides to use external recruitment. Which of the following is most likely to be a disadvantage of this decision compared to internal recruitment?

Question 6
2 marks

State one reason why an enterprise would ask a candidate to submit a curriculum vitae (CV) during the selection process.

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Question 7
3 marks

Explain one advantage for an enterprise of using internal recruitment to fill a management vacancy.

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Question 8
5 marks

Analyse why an enterprise might prefer on-the-job training over off-the-job training despite the potential for mistakes during the learning process.

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Question 9
4 marks

Describe what is meant by on-the-job training.
Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of this training method for a small enterprise.

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Question 10
5 marks

An enterprise with a limited budget needs to train \( 10 \) employees on a new safety regulation.

(a) Compare on-the-job training and off-the-job training for this situation.
(b) Justify which method would be more suitable given the budget constraint.

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