Executive Recruiter Interview Question:

Tell me what are the various internal and external sources of recruitment?

Submitted by: Muhammad

There can be two kinds of sources of recruitment for organizations - Internal and External.

Internal recruitment - It means getting the candidate from within the organization to fulfil a vacancy. Internal recruitment can be done by:

☛ - Transfer - transferring an employee from one location/ department to other.
☛ - Promotion - Taking the employee higher up in the hierarchy
☛ - Ex-employees - These could be the retired or retrenched employees
☛ - Demotion - Lowering the position of an employee in the hierarchy for various reasons

External recruitment - It means getting the absolutely new candidate to the company. The sources of these employees could be many:

☛ - Job notifications in the print/ online media
☛ - College campuses
☛ - Placement agents
☛ - Unsolicited applicants
☛ - Employee referral program
☛ - Employment exchange
☛ - Labour contractors
Submitted by: Muhammad