Internal Sources of Recruitment

 Internal Sources of Recruitment:

1. Present Permanent Employees:

Organizations consider the candidates from this source for higher level jobs due to availability of most suitable candidates for jobs relatively or equally to the external source, to meet the trade union demands and due to the policy of the organization to motivate the present employees.

2. Present Temporary or Casual Employees:

Organizations find this source to fill the vacancies relatively at the lower level owing to the availability of suitable candidates or trade union pressures or in order to motivate them on the present job.

3. Retrenched or Retired Employees:

Generally, a particular organization retrenches the employees due to lack of work. The organization takes the candidates for employment from the retrenched employees due to obligation, trade union pressure and the like. Sometimes, the organizations prefer to re-employ their retired employees as a token of their loyalty to the organization or to postpone some interpersonal conflicts for promotion etc.

4. Dependents of Deceased, Disabled, Retired and Present Employees:

Some organizations function with a view to developing the commitment and loyalty of not only the employee but also his family members and to build up image and provide employment to the dependent(s) of deceased, disabled and present employees. Such organizations find this source as an effective source of recruitment.