Business

InternalSources

ofRecruitment

Internal sources Sources of recruitment are from within the organization .The employees can be informed of such a vacancy by internal advertisement.

Types of internal sources

Promotions

Transfers

It involves shifting of people from one job to another without any change in their responsibility and status .

It is a good source of filling the vacancies with employees from over staffed departments .

Transfers are said to be a horizontal process in which employees transferred are not given any high positions.

• Promotions refer to shifting of persons to positions carrying better prestige, higher responsibilities and more pay. The higher positions falling vacant may be filled up from within the organization.

• It is a vertical process in which the employees who are promoted are given greater responsibilities.

Internal sources of Recruitment

Internal sources Transfers

PROMOTION

MOTIVATION LOW COST

NO REQUIREMENT FOR TRAINING

REDUCES SHORTAGE OF STAFF

MERITS

1.MotivationFilling job vacancies through internal sources of recruitment particularly promotion motivates the existing employees of the organization and encourages them to improve their efficiency and capabilities . the employees will work hard in order to get higher positions with good salary .

2)Low cost Filling job vacancies through internal sources of recruitment is effective in terms of both time and cost, as the candidates are already known to the organization .The cost involved in the whole recruitment and selection process are reduces to a large extent and the process is completed faster .

3) No requirement for training As the employees who are promoted or transferred are familiar with the working pattern of the organization as they are recruited from within the organization.

4. Reduces shortage of staff Transfer has the benefit of shifting employees from one department to other where there is shortage of staff.

NOT AVAILABLE IN NEW ORGANIZATIONS

FREQUENT TRANSFFERS

ABSENCE OF COMPETITION

LETHARGIC EMPLOYEES

RESTRICTS NEW TALENT

LIMITATIONS

1. Restricts new talentAs the employees are selected within the organization, the scope of infusing new and fresh talent gets restricted.It prevents new blood from entering the organization. New blood brings innovative ideas, fresh thinking and dynamism into the organization.2. Lethargic employees As the employees know that they will be promoted, they may become lethargic and their efficiency may decrease.3. Absence of competition Recruitment through internal sources restricts new talent and thereby discourages competition among the existing employees.4. Frequent transfers In this source of recruitment employees are frequently transferred. This doesn’t allow them an opportunity to become efficient in any single job. Consequently, the productivity in the organization gets lowered.5. Not available in new organization Recruitment through internal source is only possible in the previously established organizations. No organization can fill all its vacancies from internal sources.

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