'Internal sources of recruitment are better than external sources of recruitment.' Explain any five reasons in support of this statement. 

Internal sources of recruitment are the means of getting or recruiting the workers from the existing staff of the organization. In many cases, recruitment from within the organization or through internal transfers is always better than external sources. The reasons are as follows:

i) Employees are motivated to improve their performance: A promotion at a higher level may lead to a chain of promotion at lower levels in the organisation. This motivates the employees to improve their performance through learning and practice. Employees work with commitment and loyalty and remain satisfied with their jobs. Also peace prevails in the enterprise because of promotional avenues.

ii) Internal recruitment simplifies the process of selection and placement: The candidates that are already working in the enterprise can be evaluated more accurately and economically. This is a more reliable way of recruitment since the candidates are already known to the organization.

iii) Transfer is a tool of training the employees to prepare them for higher jobs. Also people recruited from within the organisation do not need induction training.

iv) Transfer has the benefit of shifting workforce from the surplus departments to those where there is a shortage of staff.

v) Filling of jobs internally is cheaper as compared to getting candidates from external sources.