Practice question · Sort into groups
Internal or external recruitment? Sort each advantage.
Groups: Internal recruitment · External recruitment
- The candidate’s performance is already known
- Lower cost and faster onboarding
- New perspectives that challenge the house consensus
- Fresh skills the firm never had
- A visible promotion path motivates the whole team
Hints
- One channel offers validated candidates, the other fresh perspective.
- Each advantage is the other's weakness.
Show the answer
Internal recruitment: The candidate’s performance is already known, A visible promotion path motivates the whole team, Lower cost and faster onboarding
External recruitment: Fresh skills the firm never had, New perspectives that challenge the house consensus
Why
Inside: validated, cheap, motivating, and inbred. Outside: fresh and risky. Healthy firms run both channels deliberately, not by default.
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