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Advantages of internal recruitment
- Gives existing employees greater opportunity to advance their careers in the business
- May help to retain staff who might otherwise leave
- Requires a short induction training period
- Employer should know more about the internal candidate's abilities (= a reduced risk of selecting an inappropriate candidate)
- Usually quicker and less expensive than recruiting from outside
Disadvantages of internal recruitment
- Limits the number of potential applicants for a job
- External candidates might be better suited / qualified for the job
- Another vacancy will be created that has to be filled
- Existing staff may feel they have the automatic right to be promoted, whether or not they are competent
- Business may become resistant to change; by recruiting from outside, new perspectives and attitudes are brought in
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|Advantages |Disadvantages |
|Internal Recruitment |Cheaper and quicker to recruit |Limits the number of potential applicants |
| |People already familiar with the business and |No new ideas can be introduced from outside|
| |how it operates |the business |
| |Provides opportunities for promotion with in |May cause resentment amongst candidates not|
| |the business – can be motivating |appointed |
| |Business already knows the strengths and |Creates another vacancy which needs to be |
| |weaknesses of candidates |filled...