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LO: 1.2: Describe with examples what trends are influencing human resource management.
Skill: Concept
65) Which of the following best describes the need for foreign workers?
A) Foreign workers are better educated than American workers.
B) Employers can't find enough skilled American professionals.
C) Younger workers are replacing retirees
D) There is a need to diversify the workforce.
Answer: B
Explanation: With not enough younger workers to replace retirees, many employers are hiring foreign workers for U.S. jobs. The H-1B visa program lets U.S. employers recruit skilled foreign professionals to work in the United States when they can't find qualified American workers.
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Skill: Concept
66) Which of the following is a trend in the US.?
A) increasing number of service industries
B) decreasing number of Hispanic workers
C) increasing number of goods-producing industries
D) decreasing number of Asian workers
Answer: A
Explanation: By 2024, service-providing industries are expected to account for 129 million out of 160 million (81%) of wage and salary jobs overall. So in the next few years, almost all the new jobs added in the United States will be in services, not in goods-producing industries. The number of Hispanic and Asian workers in the U.S. is rising.
Diff: 2
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Skill: Concept
67) By 2020, service-providing industries in the U.S. are expected to account for ________ of wage and salary jobs overall.
A) 53%
B) 64%
C) 72%
D) 81%
Answer: D
Explanation: By 2024, service-providing industries are expected to account for 129 million out of 160 million (81%) of wage and salary jobs overall.
Diff: 2
Chapter: 1
LO: 1.2: Describe with examples what trends are influencing human resource management.
Skill: Concept
68) A trend in the workforce is that employers tend to hire all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A) freelance workers
B) full-time employees
C) contract labor
D) temporary workers
Answer: B
Explanation: Today, many workers aren't employees at all, but are freelancers and independent contractors who work when they can on what they want to work on, when the company needs them.
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Skill: Concept
69) Globalization has boomed for the past 50 years, mainly due to ________.
A) decreasing workforce
B) increasing workforce
C) changing economic and political philosophies
D) changing innovation and creativity philosophies
Answer: C
Explanation: The total sum of U.S. imports and exports rose from $47 billion in 1960, to $562 billion in 1980, to about $5.1 trillion recently. Changing economic and political philosophies drove this boom.
Diff: 2
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Skill: Concept
70) Companies that rely on freelancers, consultants, and other such ________ employees need special HR policies and practices to deal with them.
A) in-house
B) foreign
C) full-time
D) nontraditional
Answer: D
Explanation: Companies that rely on freelancers, consultants, and other such nontraditional employees need special HR policies and practices to deal with them.
Diff: 2
AACSB: Application of knowledge
Chapter: 1
LO: 1.2: Describe with examples what trends are influencing human resource management.
Skill: Application
71) When companies export jobs to lower-cost locations abroad, this is referred to as ________.
A) co-working site
B) indebtedness
C) downsizing
D) offshoring
Answer: D
Explanation: The search for greater efficiencies prompts some employers to offshore, which means to export jobs to lower-cost locations abroad.
Diff: 1
AACSB: Diverse and multicultural work environments
Chapter: 1
LO: 1.2: Describe with examples what trends are influencing human resource management.
Skill: Concept