1. Traditional Recruitment
Sources

2. Recruitment Sources Chapter 3
Five factors impacting recruitment sources chosen
Recruitment Budget
Quick-results Recruitment Sources
Broad-based Recruiting
Exemption Status
Internal & External Forces

3. Recruitment Sources Chapter 3 Alternatives to Recruiting: Overtime
Contract Employees
Temporary Help

4. Proactive vs. Reactive Chapter 3 Proactive Recruiters:
Start recruitment efforts as soon as they know
there will be an opening.
Reactive Recruiters:
Wait for applicants to apply hoping that the right
person will be among them.

5. Recruitment Sources Chapter 3 Internal Recruiting Methods:
Skill & Training Inventories
Job Posting & Bidding

6. External Sources: Chapter 3 Employee Referrals –
Finding applicants for positions through employee
word-of-mouth.
Rewards
Rules

7. External Sources: Chapter 3 Employment Ads –
Advertising in newspapers and professional
publications is the most popular way to attract
applicants.
“Blind” ads do not reveal the company’s identity.

8. External Sources: Chapter 3 Internships –
Student employees working part-time during
school, temporarily during the summer, or
alternating school/work (co-op). Internships can
be paid or unpaid.
Limited to “entry-level” jobs.

9. External Sources: Chapter 3 Others –
Employment Agencies & Search Firms
Human Resources files
Walk-ins/Call-ins/Write-ins
School recruiting
Job Fairs
Open House

10. External Sources: Chapter 3 Others – Government Agencies
Direct mail recruitment
Radio and Television
Research Firms
Pre-employment Training
Outplacement firms
Billboard advertising

11. External Sources: Chapter 3 Others – Response cards Military
Newspaper Inserts
Professional Associations
On-site recruitment
Bumper sticker advertisements
Clients and Customers

12. External Sources: Chapter 3 Others – Banners and Signs Voice ads
Movie ads
Company-sponsored social affairs