External recruitment
What External recruitment means in Business GCSE, as defined for AQA, Eduqas, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Attracting candidates from outside the business, such as via job centres, agencies or online adverts.
Hiring from outside the business to fill a vacancy.
Meeting the need by advertising to new applicants.
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
- Recruitment and selection of employees (AQA GCSE)
- Human resources (Eduqas GCSE)
- Recruitment and selection (OCR GCSE)
- Effective recruitment (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Internal recruitment
- Job description
- Person specification
- Recruitment
- Chain of Command
- Contract of employment
- Cost and efficiency
- Cost and time implications
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