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Unit 5: Library Staffing

10. Body Shopping: Professional organizations and the hi-tech training develop the pool of Notes
human resource for the possible employment. The prospective employers contact these
organizations to recruit the candidates. Otherwise the organizations themselves approach
the prospective employers to place their human resources. These professional and training
institutions are called body shoppers and these activities are known as body shopping.
The body shopping is used mostly for computer professionals. Body shopping is also
known as employee leasing activity.
11. Mergers and Acquisitions: Business alliances like acquisitions, mergers and take over help
in getting human resources. In addition the companies do also alliances in sharing their
human resource on ad hoc basis.
12. E-recruitment: The technological revolution in telecommunications helped the
organizations to use internet as a source of recruitment. Organizations advertise the job
vacancies through the world wide web (www). The job seekers send their applications
through e-mail using the Internet.
13. Outsourcing: Some organizations recently started developing human resource pool by
employing the candidates for them. These organizations do not utilize the human resources;
instead they supply HR’s to various companies based on their needs on temporary or
ad-hoc basis.

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5.4.2 Internal vs External Sources of Recruitment

An internal recruitment strategy is characterized by promoting employees from within an
organization to fill upcoming positions. Many firms use such devices as job posting boards,
email flashes, intranet posts and fliers to advise existing employees of positions they may vie
for. This recruitment may be in the form of creating and shuffling temporary teams to fill certain
tasks or may be permanent changes. Internal recruitment may be primarily horizontal or it may
be for promotions in which the promoted employee’s former position may not be filled.
An external recruitment strategy is one which a human resources department will systematically
search the employee pool outside its own employees to fill positions. Many firms will use
advertisements in newspapers, job search websites, job fairs and referrals from current employees
to fill positions. Some companies will utilize a temporary employee agency to fill positions that
can be completed quickly and with less company-specific skill required to complete the desired
task. Other firms will use head-hunters or hiring consultants to seek, screen and deliver employees
for a fee.

5.4.3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Internal Recruitment

Advantages

Some of the advantages of Internal Recruitment are as under:
Easier to assess applicants since more information is available
Less costly and quicker than an external search

Promoted employee is already familiar with organization policies, culture, etc.

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