Ally's Applesauce Is in the Process of Hiring Sixty New

question 36

Multiple Choice

Ally's Applesauce is in the process of hiring sixty new workers. The personnel department has a large pool of unskilled labor to draw from due to the high unemployment rate in the local area. Which dimension of the external environment is involved here?

• A) Sociocultural
• B) Competitors
• C) Technological
• D) Labor market
• E) Legal-political

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