Internal Sources of Candidates

• Filling open positions with inside candidates has advantages:

  1. Knowing a candidate’s strengths and weaknesses.
  2. Current employees may also be more committed to the company.
  3. Inside candidates should require less orientation and training than outsiders
• The Cons:

  1. Can also be a waste of time, since often the department manager already knows whom he or she wants to hire
  2. Rejected inside applicants may become discontented
• Practical rules can applied if:

  1. Specific skills that aren’t currently available in your company
  2. Your current succession planning or skills inventory systems are inadequate
• Job posting - means publicizing the open job to employees
• Rehiring someone who left your employ has pros and cons.
• Cons of Finding Internal Candidates

  1. Internal Politics
• Rehiring

  Pros:

  Know the employee well better with his competencies

  Cons:

  Have bad/ negative attitudes to the company