What are the advantages and disadvantages of external recruitment and internal recruitment?

One, external recruitment

Advantages:

1, add fresh blood to the enterprise. New employees bring a new point of view and new understanding, which is one of the reasons why companies regularly absorb talent from colleges and universities every year.

2, external talent invariably produce a kind of pressure to the internal staff, forcing them to work harder.

3, outsourcing saves time and training costs for the company at some point.

Disadvantages:

1, the high cost of recruitment to get the staff is not necessarily the company needs.

2, external talent need to spend a long time to understand the enterprise, thus affecting the overall performance of the enterprise.

3, there is a possibility that the external enterprise is just a mobile station for external talents.

Second, internal recruitment

Advantages:

1, the loyalty of the staff is higher, because the staff understand and recognize the culture of the enterprise, it is easier to establish a psychological understanding with the enterprise.

2, through internal training can play a motivational effect on employees.

3. To a certain extent, it can save the expensive recruitment cost of external recruitment.

Disadvantages:

1, the training takes a long time

2, the training is a minority, easy to frustrate and affect the motivation of others.

3, if there is no strict training program and internal promotion system, the cost of the general internal development program will be very large.

Expanded Information

I. Internal Recruitment

Advantages

1. Recruitment cost and efficiency. From the internal training and selection of talent, the direct cost is relatively low, the efficiency is also relatively high, but there is a systematic system of personnel training and selection within the enterprise;

2, the validity and credibility of the selection. The information between the enterprise and the employee is symmetrical, the risk of hiring is relatively small, the success rate is high. Enterprises have a more accurate understanding and grasp of the internal staff work attitude, quality and ability, as well as development potential;

3, employee incentives. Internal selection can provide employees with more room for growth, so that the growth of employees and organizational growth in tandem, easy to motivate and inspire staff morale, the formation of positive, the pursuit of success atmosphere, to reach a better vision;

4, values. Long-term integration, employees and enterprises in the same goal based on the formation of convergent values, more trust each other, employees have been integrated into the corporate culture, identify with the organization's values and norms of behavior, the organization's loyalty is higher;

5, learning costs. Internal employees are very familiar with the company's existing personnel, business model and management style, easy to communicate and coordinate, and thus can enter the role faster, lower learning costs, conducive to the performance of the organization.

Drawbacks

1, as new positions are always limited, the result of internal staff competition is bound to be some people happy and some people worried, may affect the relationship between employees, and even lead to the loss of talent, which is the enterprise is very reluctant to see;

2, the long-term "inbreeding" within the enterprise

2, the long-term "inbreeding" within the enterprise, "group thinking", "the will of the chief" and other phenomena, is not conducive to individual innovation and business growth, especially small and medium-sized enterprises.

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