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Atul-The Assistant Manager. Vikas-The Marketing Head and Leena. The Human Resource Manager of 'Montac Enterprises Ltd.' decided to leave the company.
The Chief Executive officer of the company called the Human Recource Manager. Leena and requested her to fill up the vacancies before leaving the organisation, Leena suggested that her subordinate Miss Rama Wadhwa is very competent and trust worthy, if she could be moved up in the hierarchy, she would do the needful. The Chief Executive Officer agreed for the same. Miss Rama Wadhwa contacted 'Smith Recruiters' who advertised for the post of marketing head for 'Montac Enterprises Ltd'. They were able to recruit a suitable candidate for the company. Atul's vanancy was filled up by screening the database of unsolicited applications lying the office.
a. Name the internal/external sources of recruitment used by 'Montac Enterprises Ltd', to fill up the above state vacancies.
b. Also state any one merit of each of the above identified source of recruitment.
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a. Internal/external recruitment sources used by ‘Montac Enterprises Ltd.’ to fill various positions:-
i. Promotion:- The human resource manager was recruited using promotion. Promotion is an internal source of recruitment.
ii. Placement consultants:- The marketing head was recruited through an external source of placement consultants.
iii. Casual callers:- The assistant manager was recruited using existing applications.
b. Merits of the above listed sources of recruitment:
i. Promotion:- It creates employee engagement and inspires the employee to perform better.
ii. Placement consultants:- Placement consultants assist an organisation to acquire the necessary talent by providing their expertise in searching and attracting new talent.
iii. Casual callers:- Casual callers already exist in the database of the company, and hence, it involves the least cost to hire them as compared to other methods.
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