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1.   Given two equally qualified applicants— one from inside and one from outside the organization— how would you decide which one to hire?

2.   Some healthcare organizations are unable to pay market rates for certain positions. What advice would you give such an organization about possible recruitment and retention strategies?

3.   The use of work references is increasingly viewed as unreliable. How can employers legally and ethically obtain information about an applicant’s past performance? What measures can be taken to verify information contained in a job application or resume?

4.   What are the advantages and disadvantages of recruiting through the Internet? What advice would you give to a hospital that is considering using the Internet for recruitment?

5.   It has often been stated that “people do not leave jobs; they leave supervisors.” What does this mean, and why is it important?

Major Health Care Administration

Solution

1.

Hiring the qualified applicant from within would be beneficial in long run by improving employee morale and encourage other employees to do a better job and providing the hope for other employers of being promoted. It would be quick to process the necessary requirements tohire employer within than hiring from outside. Employee from within may know and have a good understanding of the organization and know where buildings and departments are located.

2.

When some organizations cannot pay market rates for positions, they shouldn\'t stop recruiting. They can hire employees internally and not compensate the person filling the position the market rate. The market rate can be compensated by providing some amount as travel incentives, a signing bonus, different benefits and showing them advancement opportunities once they are in the company.

3. Verifying the conduct certificate of applicant provided by educational institutions and previous employers is must. Enquiring the previous employer about applicant is adopted by some companies. Applicants are asked to provide some references so that they can enquire the referred personnel about the applicant.

4.

Hiring from internet reduces the processing manually and more over job consultants scrutinize the the suitable candidates and provide the applicant deytails to the companies that can hire a suitable employer with minimum efforts. Hiring from the internet sources is advantageous but care should be taken to track the background, conduct and ethical information of applicant.

5.

The statement means the reason an quitting of employee may be due to treatment of manager or supervisor towards the employee. The supervisor could have an autocratic personality and had a management lifestyle which can lead to poor work morale, making them regretting coming into work each day. This is important so that when, implementing an effective retention program, it would be key to ensure that supervisors exercise their authority and interact with staff appropriately.