Marie Boyd Has Been Hired by Barnum Hotels to Manage

question 86

Multiple Choice

Marie Boyd has been hired by Barnum Hotels to manage staffing for the regional hotel chain. Barnum intends to open two new hotels within the next three years and will have many job positions to fill. Historically, employee turnover is high at Barnum as employees remain with the company for one or two years before quitting. Marie realizes that Barnum needs to make significant changes in its personnel strategy in order to meet the company's goals for the future and improve employee retention rates. Which of the following, if true, best supports the argument that Marie should implement a computerized skills inventory database?

• A)Barnum offers its employees the opportunities to participate in job rotation and job expansion experiences.
• B)Barnum's recruiting yield pyramid indicates that the firm should generate 1,000 leads in order to fill 100 positions.
• C)Barnum executives would like to transfer the firm's most qualified employees to the new hotels to fill supervisory positions.
• D)HR managers at Barnum frequently receive discrimination complaints that must be investigated by the EEOC.

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