Recruitment

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Recruitment

• Internal

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Internal Recruitment

• A job vacancy can be filled by internal ( inside)
  recruitment, that is by recruiting from within
  the business.

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Internal Recruitment

• The job is advertised
• on staff notice boards
• in-house magazines
• in-house newsletters
• intranet

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Internal Recruitment

• Sometimes an employee is encouraged by his or her
  line manager to apply.
• A line manager is the persons direct boss.

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Internal Recruitment

• Advantages
• Speed it is a short recruitment procedure
• Cost no expensive newspaper advertisements are
  required
• Reliability the company already knows the
  applicants
• Motivation expectations of internal promotion
  will raise other employees motivation

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Internal Recruitment

• Disadvantages
• Limited Choice of candidates
• Stagnant no fresh outside ideas
• Reduced morale other employees may dislike the
  promotion of a former equal
• Unproductive it creates another job vacancy in
  the company

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Questions

• 1. What is internal recruitment?
• Promoting an existing employee to fill a job
  vacancy.
• 2. How do employees know there is a job vacancy?
• Staff notice board
• In-house magazine
• In-house newsletter
• Intranet

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Questions

• 3. What are two advantages of internal
  recruitment?
• Speed it is a short recruitment process
• Cost no expensive newspaper advertisements are
  necessary
• Reliability the company already knows the
  candidates
• Motivation expectation of internal promotion
  will raise other employees motivation

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Questions

• 4. What are two disadvantages of internal
  recruitment?
• Limited Choice of candidates
• Stagnant no fresh outside ideas
• Reduced morale other employees may dislike the
  promotion of a former equal
• Unproductive it creates another job vacancy in
  the company

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Questions

• 5. A company decides that it will only recruit
  new staff from outside the business. What effect
  might this have on employees?
• Lower morale level inside the company
• Employees may become less productive
• Employees may look for employment with other
  firms

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Discussion Point

• Should a company use internal recruitment only or
  should there be a mix of internal (inside) and
  external (outside) ?

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References

• Anon, (2002). Business The Ultimate Resource,
  Bloomsbury Publishing Plc London.
• Heller, R. and Hindle, T. (1998). Essential
  Managers Manual, Dorling Kindersley London.
• Huggett, Renee, (2002). BBC GCSE Business
  Studies, BBC Educational Publishing London.
• Kolter, P., (2003). Marketing Management, 11th
  Edition, Pearson Education Ltd., New Jersey.

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