Recruitment reasons:

Reasons to recruit:
1. High turnover
2. Different work
3. Sickness
4. Maternity cover
5. Extra work
6. Employee leaving
Key terms
1. Applicant- the name given to the person applying for job
2. Internal recruitment- recruiting someone who already works for the business to do a different job
3. External recruitment- recruiting from outside the business
4. Temporary- for a limited amount of time specified; a month/year
5. Permanent- until the applicant decides to leave or the job ceases to exist
Internal recruitment: advantages
1. Cheap to advertise
2. All candidates known to torganisationhe
3. Candidates are familiar with the firm
4. More likely to have smaller amount of applicants
5. Can encourage career progression
Internal recruitment: disadvantages
1. Limited choice of candidates
2. May cause problems among employees due to the change
3. Employees may be stuck in their ways
4. May not generate new ideas
5. The successful candidate will need to be replaces, needing another recruitment plan
External recruitment: advantages
1. Higher number of candidates
2. Candidates may have new ideas
3. Potential for new skills can be brought into the organisation
External recruitment: disadvantages
1. Takes longer
2. Person appointed may not be as good as they appear
3. More expensive to advertise
Pros of using agency and consultant:
1. The organisation can concentrate on running the business and not looking for new employees.
2. Organisation does'nt have to employ a recruitment team
3. The agency/consultant will have loads of access to different people and screen out those unsuitable
4. They will not tell competitor organisation that you're recruiting, but your own advertisements will
5. They can offer specialist support or people for the area needing recruitment
6. Can offer advice about what is happening in employment area
7. Cons of using agency and consultant
  1. The organisation must pay the agent and the new employee adding to the cost
  2. The agency/consultant may not find the right job as the agent does'nt work within the organisation
  3. They may not care as much about employing the right person for the job as someone working for the organisation

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