How BBC Recruits 
Assignment 1
Task 1 Identify how two organisations plan their recruitment campaign using internal and external sources. (P1)
1) River Island:-
• Internally: They advertise vacancies internally to hire suitable employees from the current workforce first. This is because the person already from the organisation already has an idea of what skills are needed and what their responsibility will be. This is a chance for the current employees to get a promotion or gain more responsibilities. Advantages of hiring internally are: the vacancy is cheap to advertise; possible candidates for the role are already known to the company; motivates workers and also the candidates already know the company and the responsibilities the job will entail. However, the disadvantages of hiring internally are: there are a limited number of candidates; change amongst ranks may cause problems; and the promoted employee will need to be replaced by someone new so there will need to be an external advertisement as well.
• Externally: This is the opposite of employing internally; it’s the process of recruiting from outside the organisation. River Island has put up a website that advertises job recruitments; work placements; and how to sign up for an interview for job vacancies. You are given a choice of what you want to apply to from the available work vacancies. The advantages of recruiting externally are: that there are a higher number of potential candidates; the new employees may have new ideas to enforce and they may bring in new skills to the store. On the other hand, the disadvantages of hiring externally are: that advertisement is more expensive and takes longer to find the best employees for the store; and the employee may not be as good as they first appeared during interviews and such.
2) The BBC:-
• Internally: The BBC is committed to supporting their employees through the redeployment process to find suitable alternative employment within the
Task 1 Identify how two organisations plan their recruitment campaign using internal and external sources. (P1)
1) River Island:-
• Internally: They advertise vacancies internally to hire suitable employees from the current workforce first. This is because the person already from the organisation already has an idea of what skills are needed and what their responsibility will be. This is a chance for the current employees to get a promotion or gain more responsibilities. Advantages of hiring internally are: the vacancy is cheap to advertise; possible candidates for the role are already known to the company; motivates workers and also the candidates already know the company and the responsibilities the job will entail. However, the disadvantages of hiring internally are: there are a limited number of candidates; change amongst ranks may cause problems; and the promoted employee will need to be replaced by someone new so there will need to be an external advertisement as well.
• Externally: This is the opposite of employing internally; it’s the process of recruiting from outside the organisation. River Island has put up a website that advertises job recruitments; work placements; and how to sign up for an interview for job vacancies. You are given a choice of what you want to apply to from the available work vacancies. The advantages of recruiting externally are: that there are a higher number of potential candidates; the new employees may have new ideas to enforce and they may bring in new skills to the store. On the other hand, the disadvantages of hiring externally are: that advertisement is more expensive and takes longer to find the best employees for the store; and the employee may not be as good as they first appeared during interviews and such.
2) The BBC:-
• Internally: The BBC is committed to supporting their employees through the redeployment process to find suitable alternative employment within the