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Hr Mangamanet

In: Business and Management

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Assignment 3-

1-Present the advantages and disadvantages of recruiting through an internal search and external search.

2-What are the pros and cons of using employee referrals for recruiting workers?

3- What are the different possible job offers proposed through the selection process? Discuss their possible purposes?

Promoting from Within External search
Advantages
• Easier to assess applicants since more information is available
• Less costly and quicker than an external search
• Promoted employee is already familiar with organization policies, culture, etc.
• Signals to employees that career opportunities exist in organization
• Improve employee morale and organization loyalty
• Lower costs for some jobs
• Less likely to make major changes and “upset the apple cart” Advantages
• Provides new ideas / fresh perspectives
• May bring new insights from other industries
• Initiate a turnaround
• Hiring experienced employee can reduce training needed
• Internal politics may be avoided (e.g., less upsetting to present organizational hierarchy)
• Allows rapid growth
• Increase diversity
• Only hire at one level
• Bigger talent pool / more applicants
Disadvantages
• Narrowing of thinking and stale ideas (inbreeding)
• May not help turn company around
• Training will be needed and learning curve will occur for the job duties
• Internal politics will occur (e.g., possible discontent of rejected applicants; new subordinates discount new boss’ knowledge and expect special treatment; etc.)
• Difficult to do with rapid growth
• Affirmative action goals may be more difficult to achieve
• Ripple effect
• Smaller talent pool / fewer applicants Disadvantages
• Less information available on applicants
• Search takes longer and costs more
• Outsider takes time to become familiar with current systems and organization culture
• Destroys incentive of present employees to strive for promotion
• Can hurt employee morale and loyalty
• May have to pay more for the job
• Current organization members may fight new ideas

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