Question

What are the internal sources of recruitment? State any four advantages and four limitations of internal sources of recruitment.

Answer 1

The internal sources of recruitment are:-

Promotions

Transfers

Internal Advertisements

Retired Managers

The benefits / advantages / merits of using internal sources of recruitment:-

• It is time saving, economical, simple and reliable.
  
• There is no need of induction training because the candidate already knows everything about the organisation, the work, the employee, the rules and regulations, etc.
  
• It motivates the employees of work hard in order to get higher jobs in the same organisation.
  
• It increases the morale of the employees and it improves the relations in the organisation
  

The limitations / demerits of using internal sources of recruitment:-

• It prevents new blood from entering the organisation. New blood brings innovative ideas, fresh thinking and dynamism into the organisation.
  
• It has limited scope because it is not possible to fill up all types of vacancies from within the organisation.
  
• The position of the person who is promoted or transferred will be vacant.
  
• There may be bias or partiality in promoting or transferring persons from within the organisation.