Friday, June 24, 2011

External Recruitment-Sources and Benefits

External sources of recruitment have to be solicited from outside the organization and getting external candidates costs lot of time and money for the organization. In this process the human resource department in the organization screen resumes of candidates who have applied, and select resumes that are qualified for the position.


Sources:

Employment at Factory Level:
In this kind of external recruitment the applications for vacancies are presented on bulletin boards outside the Factory or at the gate and this kind of recruitment is suitable for employing factory workers. The people suitable for it will apply on their own

Employment Agencies:
These are the professional private organizations that supply man power for the companies in return of some fee.

Advertisement:
In this type of recruitment companies generally advertise the vacancies in the news papers or televisions. Advantage of this type is, it covers a wide area of market and scattered applicants can get information from advertisements.

Educational Institutions:
There are certain professional institutions which serves as an external source for recruiting fresh graduates and it is generally called as campus recruitment.

Employment Exchanges:
Employment Exchanges are run by the Government and most of the government undertakings and concerns employ people through such exchanges.

Benefits:
The main benefit of the external recruitment is that, a wider audience can be reached which increase the chance of recruiting needed skills required by the business. The other advantage is that people from outside bring new ideas for the company and these people have wider range of experience.

Related Links:
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