The document discusses external recruitment. External recruitment involves searching outside an organization's existing employee pool to fill open positions. Methods of external recruitment include media advertisements, employment agencies, educational institutions, and online recruiting. The advantages of external recruitment are that it brings in new ideas, provides a larger candidate pool, and offers more experience diversity. However, the disadvantages are that it is a longer and more expensive process than internal recruitment. The document recommends external recruitment as it benefits organizations by increasing their popularity and helping define job requirements while potentially contributing new ideas for growth.

1. EXTERNAL RECRUITMENT
Presented by:
Nazim Hussain
(EMBA- IV)
Human Resource Management
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2. Outline
• Definition -Recruitment
• Definition- External recruitment
• Methods of external recruitment/sources
• Advantage and disadvantage of external sources of recruitment
• Recommendation
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3. Definition
Recruitment
Recruitment includes those practices and activities carried on by the organization
with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees.
(Barber’s 1998}
Sources of recruitment
Internal sources
External sources
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4. Staffing organization model
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5. External Recruitment
• External recruitment is the assessment of an available pool of job candidates,
other than existing staff, to see if there are any sufficiently skilled or qualified
to fill and perform existing job vacancies.
• It is the process of searching outside of the current employee pool to fill open
positions in an organization.
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6. Methods of external recruitment sources
 Media advertisement
 Employment exchanges
 Employment agencies
 Educational institutions
 Recommendation
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7. Methods of external recruitment
sources
 Labour contractor
 Factory gate recruitment
 Casual callers
 E- recruiting
 Management consultant
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8. Advantages and disadvantages of
external recruitments
Advantages
• Outside people bring in new ideas
• Larger pool of workers from which to find the best candidate
• People have a wider range of experience
• Rejuvenates organization
Disadvantages
• Longer process
• More expensive process due to advertising and interviews
required
• Selection process may not be effective enough to reveal the best
candidate
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9. Recommendation
• External recruitment is a beneficial source in the employee recruitment
process
• Help increase the organization’s popularity on the job market which may
eventually lead to further expansion of the business
• Help defines the rights requirement for a particular post.
• It can contribute new and innovative ideas and approaches towards
organization growth.
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10. References
• The Oxford Handbook of recruitment
by Daniel M. Cable and Kang Yang Trevor Yu
• Human resource management in south Africa( 3rd Edition , by Pieter Grobler
• Wikipedia
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11. Thank you
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