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12 Cards in this Set
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Forecasting |
The attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various types of human resources to predict areas within the organization where there will be future labor shortages or |
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Leading Indictor |
An objective measure that accurately predicts future labor demand. |
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Transitional Matrix |
Matrix showing the proportion or number of employees in different job categories at different times. |
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Downsizing |
The planned elimination of large numbers of personnel, designed to enhance organizational effectiveness. |
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Outsourcing |
An organization's use of an outside organization for a broad set of services. |
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Offshoring |
A special case of outsourcing where the jobs that move actually leave one country and go to another. |
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Workforce Utilization Review |
A comparison of the proportion of workers in protected subgroups with the proportion that each subgroup represents in the relevant labor market. |
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Human Resource Recruitment |
The practice or activity carried on by the organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees. |
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Employment-at-will policies |
Policies which state that either an employer or an employee can terminate the employment relationship at any time, regardless of cause. |
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Due process policies |
Policies by which a company formally lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision. |
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Direct Applicants |
People who apply for a job vacancy without prompting from the organization. |
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Referrals |
People who are prompted to apply for a job by someone within the organization. |
