Q.Explain the advantages and disadvantages of external sources of recruitment.

External recruitment brings genuine benefits to an organisation, but these come with real costs that internal recruitment does not carry.

Advantages of external sources:

1. Brings in fresh talent and new ideas into the organisation.
2. Widens the choice available, since the pool of potential candidates is far larger than the organisation's existing employees.
3. Makes it possible to hire for specialised posts requiring qualifications or experience not present in the current workforce.
4. Brings a healthy competitive spirit, since employees know promotion is not guaranteed purely by seniority.

Disadvantages of external sources:

1. Costlier and more time-consuming — advertising, agency fees, and a longer selection process add to cost and time.
2. Unfamiliar candidates need a longer induction period to understand the organisation's culture and procedures. …

Presenting external sources as having only advantages (since they "bring in fresh talent") while ignoring the genuine cost and time disadv …