SHRM Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning 2

Question 1

A company is expanding into a new region and needs to hire 50 employees within 90 days. Which workforce planning approach is most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

Strategic headcount planning

Answer

Strategic headcount planning maps specific role needs to business expansion goals and timelines.

Question 2

Which sourcing strategy is most effective for filling highly specialized technical roles with limited candidate pools?

Accepted Answer

Talent community building and passive candidate outreach

Answer

Building talent communities and proactively engaging passive candidates is most effective when qualified active candidates are scarce.

Question 3

An HR team notices that their time-to-fill metric has increased significantly over the past year. Which action should they take first?

Accepted Answer

Analyze each stage of the recruiting funnel to identify bottlenecks

Answer

Analyzing the recruiting funnel stages identifies where delays occur before implementing solutions.

Question 4

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, which form must U.S. employers complete to verify employment eligibility for all new hires?

Accepted Answer

I-9

Answer

Form I-9 must be completed by employers to verify the identity and employment authorization of every new hire.

Question 5

A job posting that requires '5 years of experience' for an entry-level role may create disparate impact on which protected group?

Accepted Answer

Younger workers

Answer

Requiring excessive experience for entry-level roles can disproportionately screen out younger workers who have not had the opportunity to accumulate those years.

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SHRM - Society for Human Resource Management Practice Test

SHRM Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning 2