External and internal sources of recruitment

Question

Write down the difference between external and internal sources of recruitment?

Answer 1

There can be two types of sources of recruitment for organizations - external and internal.

Internal recruitment - It means getting the candidate from within the organization to fulfill a vacancy. Internal recruitment can be done through:

- Transfer - transferring an employee from one location or department to another.
- Promotion - Taking the employee superior up in the hierarchy
- Ex-employees - These could be the retrenched or retired employees
- Demotion - Lowering the place of an employee in the hierarchy for different reasons


External recruitment - It means getting the entirely new candidate to the company. The sources of such employees could be multiple:

- Job notifications in the print or online media
- College campuses
- Placement agents
- Unsolicited applicants
- Employee referral program
- Employment exchange
- Labour contractors