Internal vs External Recruitment PDF

Internal vs external recruitment Internal recruitment Internal recruitment means selecting and hiring an employee from within a business. This may be promotion with more responsibility or it may be in a different area of the business A business can attract candidates through; em...

Internal vs external recruitment Internal recruitment Internal recruitment means selecting and hiring an employee from within a business. This may be promotion with more responsibility or it may be in a different area of the business A business can attract candidates through; email, notice boards, newsletters, a phone call, personal recommendation What is a ‘personal recommendation’? Pros and cons of internal recruitment Advantages Disadvantages The business already knows the Smaller pond of candidates candidate and is aware of their to choose from capabilities and strengths Staff who are not hired may Very cost effective as there are be discontented and no advertising or agency fees to demotivated pay Lack of new ideas in the Increases morale if other staff business see there are promotion Causes another internal prospects in the job Less time consuming as vacancy to arise staff are moved from one job to references do not need to be another applied for External recruitment External recruitment means the selection and hiring of staff from outside of the business A business can attract candidates through; advertising, websites or the Jobcentre Plus They may also choose to use a specialist recruitment agency that can find suitable candidates for that industry Have a look at the Indeed website, can you find local jobs in your area? Pros and cons of external recruitment Advantages Disadvantages Attracts a wider pool of Candidates hired from outside the business will require training and will candidates to choose from take longer to get up to speed with the May need to attract a business than internal candidates candidate with a specific skill Hiring external candidates can be demotivating for staff who feel there are set e.g. scientist or web no promotion prospects designer External recruitment agencies can be Recruitment agencies are very very expensive and charge thousands to find candidates experienced at finding the External recruitment takes longer than right people with the right internal recruitment as references need skills for the business to be obtained