What is Recruitment?
Recruitment is the end-to-end process of effectively and efficiently sourcing,
screening, selecting, and appointing the best-suited candidate to the right role. This
entails not only filling in vacancies but also predicting talent requirements and
proactively managing talent.
Using effective recruitment can give you a competitive advantage. But there are
other benefits to external recruitment.
- Attract higher quality candidates – finding and identifying a fresher
candidate who is capable of delivering new skills and inputs for the
betterment of the company. - Lesser internal politics – In the external recruitment process, there is a very
less possibility that the candidate might face internal politics of existing
candidates. And these lesser internal politics avoids a number of internal
issues and requests of the existing employees of the company. - New Ideas – having someone from the outside brings in new ideas and new
ways of doing things - A larger pool of candidates – when an organization recruits externally, it
opens the organization up to a larger pool of applicants, which increases its
chance of finding the right person for the job. - Target the key players – Hiring a candidate with a proven track record from
the competition allows the company to get an insider’s view as to what the
competition is doing to be successful. - Push current employee development – When you don’t do much external
recruiting, internal employees may become complacent about growth and
development. Knowing that promotions to higher-level positions require a
commitment to personal growth and development can help light a fire under
your current employees
Even when a company has an ample supply of internal candidates, external
recruiting naturally opens the door to many more talented people. When you add
outside applicants to existing employees, you may receive a larger quantity of
applications.