Explain briefly ‘transfers’ and ‘promotions’ as internal sources of
recruitment.

Internal sources: Internal sources of recruitment are the ones where job vacancies are filled from within the organisation. It can take the following forms:
a. Transfers: A suitable person identified for a profile is shifted from one department to another department. It may lead to changes in duties and responsibilities and working conditions. This is helpful in avoiding termination and in removing individual problems and grievances. As the employee would be familiar with the company and his work too.
b. Promotions: through promotions, vacant positions at the higher level are filled by suitably promoting employees at the lower level. To continue to work with greater efficiency and productivity, an employee needs encouragement and motivation and is given with more responsibility towards his work in the organisation. In this regard, promotion plays an important role. The promotion can be in the form of position and pay or both. Promotion provides a great deal of job satisfaction to the employee and serves the long-term interests of employees.