Definition
Sources of recruitment refers to various modes of connecting with the job seeker for
completing the task of finding potential employees.
SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT

Internal Sources
Internal sources of recruitment refers to the recruitment of employees who are
already a part of the existing payroll of the organisation. The vacancy for the
position can be informed to the employee through internal communication.
There are different types of internal hiring in the organisation and they are as
follows.
SOURCES OF
RECRUITMENT,
WHICH ARE
INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL SOURCES.
LET US DISCUSS
THESE SOURCES IN
DETAIL IN THE
FOLLOWING LINES.

1. Promotion: Promotion is referred to as the change of designation of the employee. It involves
shifting of the existing employee to a higher position within the organisation and providing that
employee with more responsibility and a raise in pay.
Promotion helps in motivating the other employees of the organisation to work hard so that they
also become eligible for promotion.
2. Transfer: Transfer refers to the shifting of an existing employee from one department to
another department in an organisation.
3. Employee Referrals: It can happen that the organisation in an effort to cut down costs on
hiring is looking for employee referral. The employees are well aware of the job roles in the
organisation for which manpower is required. These employees will refer potential candidates by
screening them based on their suitability to the position.
4. Former employees: Some organisations have the provision of hiring retired employees willing
to work part time/full time for the organisation.

Following are the advantages of the internal sources:
1. The organization saves money on hiring programmes which translates to higher
revenue for business.
2. It makes selection and transfer of employees very easy.
3. Internal source of recruitment serves as a morale booster for the existing
employees.
4. It provides a sense of loyalty towards the business which results in improved
productivity.
5. As existing employees will be aware of the working pattern of the organisation,
therefore it will take much less time for the re-hires to get adapted to working
conditions.
ADVANTAGES

following are some of the disadvantages of the internal sources:
1. Internal recruitment causes reduction in the morale of those
employees who are not selected or considered for appraisal.
2. It discourages capable persons from outside to join to work in the
company.
3. It can lead to conflict if one employee is selected for promotion,
while the others are not considered.
DISADVANTAGES

External Sources
External sources of recruitment seek to employ candidates that
have not been recruited anytime before in the organisation.
Introduction of fresh talent among the workforce leads to growth
and development of the business.
Following are the some of the external sources of recruitment:

1. Advertisement: Advertisements serve as a great source of information
regarding any job opportunities. This type of source is used for recruitment
of middle level employees, or high level employees.
2. Employment Exchanges: Employment exchanges serve as a source of
recruitment for the people as it is run by the government.
3. Employment portals: In this age of technology, development in the field
of hiring has taken place. Nowadays many employment portals are open
where one can find information about job openings.
4. Educational Institutions: Educational institutions also serve as a good
source of recruitment as many students or say resources will be available at
once under one roof.
5. Recommendation: This can also be a good source of recruitment as an
existing employee will be able to provide better recommendation for other
candidates.

Following are some of the advantages of external sources.
1. It helps in availability of proper skilled labour.
2. There will be availability of new ideas from employees hired
using external sources.
3. The employees join as knowledgeable persons which reduces the
training time required for new hires
ADVANTAGES OF EXTERNAL SOURCE

1. It cn lead to unhappy employees as the existing employees may feel
that they deserved an opportunity for growth.
2. It can lead to lack of cooperation between the new hires and the
existing employees.
3. It is a lengthy process where the employee needs to appear for many
rounds.
DISADVANTAGES OF EXTERNAL
SOURCE

Evaluation and control of recruitment programme is the last stage of a
recruitment process. In any process, Evaluation and control of recruitment is
required to ensure that the process has gone well in the light of its stated
objectives and costs. While the basic objective of recruitment is to attract
maximum number of suitable applicants, the costs of the recruitment are on the
following items.
EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF
RECRUITMENT

1. Cost of salary and other perquisites of the recruits.
2. Management and professional time spent on preparing job descriptions,
job specifications, advertisements, agency etc.
3. Cost of advertisement or other recruitment methods such as cost of
campus recruitment, consultant's fee, etc.
4. Cost of producing supporting literature.
5. Recruitment overheads and administrative expenses.
6. Cost of overtime and outsourcing while the vacancies remain unfilled.
7. Cost of the recruitment unsuitable candidates for the selection process.