1. Type Method Strong Points Drawbacks Salient Points Emergen
/Context Best Suited
Internal
Source
Methods
Referral •Skill Set
Similar
•Cost Saving
•Time saving
•Trust &
healthy
environment
•Reduces
Workload of
HR
•Personal
Biases
•Instances of
Nepotism
•Limited
Diversity
•Restriction on
certain
Applicant pool.
•Works best in
Conjunction with other
sources
•Reference from HR is
not rewarded and henc
leads to less biasness
from the HR
department.
In house Recruitment •Time Saving
•Less chances
of recruiting
wrong guy
•Helps in
Retention
•Reservation
and Favoritism
Experienced
in Coal India
•Vacancy
Domino Effect
•Job advertisement is
placed on company’s
own website(Intranet).
•Eg.Coal India