There can be two kinds of sources of recruitment for organizations - Internal and External.

Internal recruitment - It means getting the candidate from within the organization to fulfil a vacancy. Internal recruitment can be done by:

☛ - Transfer - transferring an employee from one location/ department to other.

☛ - Promotion - Taking the employee higher up in the hierarchy

☛ - Ex-employees - These could be the retired or retrenched employees

☛ - Demotion - Lowering the position of an employee in the hierarchy for various reasons

External recruitment - It means getting the absolutely new candidate to the company. The sources of these employees could be many:

☛ - Job notifications in the print/ online media

☛ - College campuses

☛ - Placement agents

☛ - Unsolicited applicants

☛ - Employee referral program

☛ - Employment exchange

☛ - Labour contractors