Pros and Cons of External Recruiting

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Hiring the right employees can be quite a challenge that begins with quality recruitment efforts. The benefit of in-house recruitment is full disclosure in terms of reliability, skill, and attitude while promoting an employee means they are already familiar with the company in an intimate way. On the other hand, looking outside of the workforce allows employers to bring new blood into their firms. Weighing the pros and cons of external recruiting is, therefore, a necessity before promoting a current employee.

Here are a few pros and cons of external hiring:

• Pros of external recruitment

Bringing in new members to the organization from the outside often promotes new ideas. Depending on the organizational goals, management may be looking for fresh perspectives. Sometimes when people work in an environment for too long it is harder to see things in different lights, hiring externally can help jump start innovation.

This innovation could be for solutions to existing problems or to share new ideas to foster things such as growth, productivity and profitability. Often when people work together for a long time, groupthink can occur and hiring an external person can help break the negative effects of group think and kick start advancement.

Industry experience, specialized knowledge or skills are other benefits of hiring externally. Sometimes there just isn't a person already in an organization that possesses precisely the right things needed for a particular position, project or other need. Doing a job search for an individual to fill that need is sometimes a necessary move.

• Cons of external recruitment

The downside of hiring externally is cost. It is very expensive to advertise, recruit, interview and hire people who aren't already a part of an organization; it is also very time consuming.

On the other hand, if internal employees are recruited, promoted or laterally moved, this is the far more cost-effective and timely way to hire. Human resource information is all in place, the individual doesn't need organizational training, just needs to learn their new job description.

Employee loyalty is also something to consider. New external hires may not develop the same sense of company loyalty current employees have because of current trends of job hopping to the highest bidder.

In addition, long time employees may begin to feel resentful to not be considered for new positions, which could result in additional potential high turnover.