Business GCSE
External Recruitment
What External Recruitment means in Business GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, OCR.
Definitions of External Recruitment
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Filling a job vacancy by hiring someone who does not currently work for the business.
Filling a job vacancy with a candidate from outside the business.
Topics that use External Recruitment
- Human resources (Eduqas GCSE)
- Recruitment and selection (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Internal Recruitment
- Chain of Command
- Job Description
- Person Specification
- Piece-rate Pay
- Span of Control
- Labour Turnover
- Recruitment
Using External Recruitment in the exam
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