The advantages of internal recruitment are the following:
1. Significant savings. Individuals possessing inside understanding of how a business works will need less time for training and ‘fitting in’.
2. The company is not likely to be greatly ‘disrupted’ by a person who is used to working with others in the company.
3. Internal promotion works as an motivation to all staff to work better within the company.
4. From the company’s point of view, the strong and weak sides of an insider will have been considered.