Google receives between $1,000,000$ and $3,000,000$ job applications each year and reportedly ends up hiring less than $1\%$ of these applicants. Applicants are attracted by Google$$s essence, which led it to win a $$best company culture$$ award in $2018.$ From a recruitment perspective, Google has a very strong compared to many other companies. $($Source: Bock, L$.(2015).$ Work Rules!: Insights from Inside Google That Will Transform How You Live and Lead. NY: Twelve.$)$

Which of the following is a disadvantage of flexible staffing alternatives?

They increase the costs of an organization because flexible workers are legally entitled to all the benefits provided to permanent employees.

Time spent on recruiting efforts, such as initial training of workers, increases.

Time limits on temporary work contracts prevent significant enhancements in individual skills and knowledge.

They increase an organization$$s legal compliance requirements.

UPS uses Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media to recruit new employees. Which group is least likely to be attracted by UPS$$s recruiting methods?

Generation X

Millennials

Baby Boomers

Generation Y