Internal and External Recruitment

Question 1

What are the methods of advertising a job internally?

Answer 1

Staff noticeboard

Organisation’s intranet

Internal email to all or selected staff

Company newsletter

Question 2

What are the methods of advertising a job externally?

Answer 2

Job centre

Newspaper adverts

Websites such as Monster or S1 Jobs

Recruitment agencies- specialist organisations that are experts in recruiting and selecting the best staff for other organisations.

Question 3

What are the advantages of internal recruitment?

Answer 3

The vacancy can be filled quickly.

The employee knows the organisation which saves induction training costs and time.

The employee is known to the organisation and can be trusted to do a good job.

The organisation saves money on external advertisement costs.

Employees will be more motivated as they know there is a chance of promotion.

Question 4

What are the disadvantages of internal recruitment?

Answer 4

Applicants are drawn from a very limited pool so the organisation may not hire the best person for the job.

Promoting one employee will consequentially create a vacancy in their old post.

The organisation misses out on a chance to bring in fresh, new ideas and new skills to the organisation.

Question 5

What are the advantages of external recruitment?

Answer 5

Fresh, new ideas and skills are brought into the organisation.

There is a wider pool of candidates to choose from.

It avoids creating a further vacancy in the organisation.

It avoids the jealousy and resistance that is often created by one employee being promoted over others.

Question 6

What are the disadvantages of external recruitment?

Answer 6

Candidates do not know the organisation so induction training will have to be carried out, taking up production time and costing money.

Such a potentially vast pool of candidates can mean it takes longer to choose suitable applicants for interview.

The organisation does not know the successful candidate, which carries a risk that they may not be suited for the job, or worse are untrustworthy.

Existing staff may be demotivated as they perceive that there is no chance of internal promotion.