The document discusses external recruitment methods used to hire candidates from outside an organization. It lists common external recruitment methods such as advertising, employment agencies, recruiters, special events, internships, executive search firms, unsolicited walk-ins, open houses, event recruiting, virtual job fairs, and cyber recruiting. It also provides brief descriptions of each method and notes the advantages of accessing an external candidate pool are a wider range of skills and innovation while disadvantages include greater costs and slower hiring.