3. LEARNING GOALS
• Explain the importance of effective
recruitment for a business
• State the five categories of job analysis
• Explain the types of information required
for drawing up a job description
• Explain the internal recruitment and its
advantages and disadvantages
• Explain the major methods of external
recruitment
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8. Methods of recruitment
Internal recruitment
• Advertising jobs inside the business
and appointing internally from its
existing employees
• Advantages: a chance for employees,
less risk of employing wrong persons,
quicker and cheaper
• Disadvantages: limited numbers of
applicants, no chance for external
applicants, new vacancies created
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9. Methods of recruitment
Internal recruitment
External recruitment
• Firms fill vacancies by
recruiting new
employees
• Advantages: a wider
number of applicants
for choice
• Disadvantage:
expensive and timeconsuming
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