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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

RECRUITMENT

ADVANTAGES OF INTERNAL RECRUITMENT

 Provides greater motivation for good performance.


 Improves morale and organizational loyalty.
 Better assessment of abilities.
 Attuned with the organization culture and on how it operates.
 It saves time and money.

DISADVANTAGES OF INTERNAL RECRUITMENT

 Promotes inbreeding.
 Creates political in-fighting and pressure to compete.
 Deprives the company of fresh ideas and views.
 Limited number of potential applicants.
 Creates riffle effect- more job openings as employees are moved about.

ADVANTAGES OF EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT

 Acquires new ideas, insights, skills and competencies.


 Larger pool of possible applicants..

DISADVANTAGES OF EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT

 Expensive and longer processing time.


 Risks in selection.
 Practicing self-serving motives.

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