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Recruitment or Hiring is the process of searching and attracting the right
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candidates for hiring them for vacant jobs in an organization. There are two
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sources of recruitment, internal sources and external sources. Recruitment
refers to the process of searching for potential employees and influencing
them to work for their organization.

The purpose of the recruitment process is to find talented and qualified

individuals for the growth and development of their organization. It is part of
the human resource management(HRM) department.

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Meaning of Recruitment Process

Edwin B. Flippo defined the recruitment process – ‘Recruitment is the
process of searching the candidates for employment and stimulating them to
apply for jobs in the organization.’

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In the words of Dale S. Beach ‘Recruitment is the development and

maintenance of adequate manpower resources. It involves the creation of a
pool of available labor upon whom the organization can draw when it needs
additional employees.’ The recruitment process leads to a collection of
candidates for any vacancies an organization might have.

What all are the Features of HRM?

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Sources of Recruitment

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There are many sources of recruiting potential employees but all of them can
be grouped into two categories, namely.

Internal Sources of Recruitment 

Internal sources of recruitment consist of employees who are already on the

payroll of a firm. It also includes former employees who have returned to
work for the organization. Recruitment from internal sources is done to fill
up vacancies through promotion, re-hiring and transferring  employees
within the company.

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Selection Procedure

Training and Development

Methods of Training

Performance Appraisal

Traditional Methods of Appraisal

Modern Methods of Appraisal

HR Forecasting

Advantages of Internal Sources of Recruitment 

Selecting and transferring existing employees is a simpler process.

The managers are aware of the talents and abilities of already existing
employees.

Internal recruitment serves as a tool to boost the morale of employees

as internal hiring creates job and promotion opportunities for existing
employees.

Internal hiring promotes a feeling of loyalty amongst the employees.

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Existing employees are already aware of the company’s working

methods and don’t take a long time to adjust to new positions.

However, there is a potential drawback to the internal recruitment process. It

can lead to a stagnation in the company’s workforce. No introduction of new
employees or fresh ideas.

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Often employees who are not suitable for a higher position are given
promotions just because they have been at the organization for a long time,
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What are the Importance and Limitations of HRM ?

Characteristics of Internal Sources of Recruitment 

Quick process.

Cheaper than the external recruitment process.

Works as a tool of motivation for the staff.

The company’s choice is limited to existing employees of the

company.

Hiring fresh employees is a lost prospect.

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External Sources of Recruitment

External sources of recruitment refer to the sources that lie outside or exist
external to the organization.

Sources of external recruitment include:

1. People joining an organization, specifically through

recommendations.

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2. Employment agencies( e.g. naukri.com) or employment exchanges.
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3. Advertising

4. Institutes like colleges and vocational schools (e.g. campus selection)

5. Contractors

6. Hiring unskilled labor

7.  List of applications

8. Temporary workers.

These are the Traditional Methods of appraisal ?

Encouraging existing employees to recommend suitable candidates can thus

lead to the hiring of the right individuals for the right jobs. A higher level of
teamwork and synchronization among employees would, therefore, be
achieved.

However, it might also lead to employees picking their  close friends and
family members who are unfit for the jobs. Thus, talented individuals might
lose out on good opportunities.

Whereas, external recruitment provides a wider collection of potential

employees with the necessary skillset. It has proven to be a successful
recruitment process when hiring for managerial and technical positions.
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Characteristics of External Sources

Long and time-consuming process.

It is an expensive process.

  When external people are given opportunities over them, then

existing workers lose morale

Hiring new employees can lead to the introduction of new blood and

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thus the introduction of a new set of skills and ideas.

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Question: A company hired a software engineer through a reference. Which
of the two types of recruitment process does this come under?

Answer – This type of recruitment is part of an external source of the

recruitment process because the software engineer who has been hired was
not an existing employee of the organization. He was hired through an
external source, specifically by the recommendation of an existing employee.

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Ashley Johnson 

I liked that you said that one thing to consider when you own a business is to
Guest conduct performance appraisals. I would imagine that this would help you to
evaluate which areas of the business need improving. I would be sure to have
performance appraisals in order to help my business to become more successful.

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suzie 

Guest me too i liked the ting

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We at 9 links believe for performance appraisal to be done objectively…they should

Guest be assessed using psychometric assessments.

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