Internal recruitment is the process of filling vacancies within a business from its existing workforce.

The ability to identify who of your existing employees has the potential to become future leaders within your organisation is important to not only the success of your business but can also boost employee loyalty and engagement.

Equal hiring opportunities in your organisation

Internal hiring can refer to promotions, learnership or training opportunities, moving from a part-time to permanent position.

One of our valued clients at JOBJACK shared a special statistic on the power of promoting your existing staff within your organisation: Of the Store Managers working in their organisation, 67% of them entered the company as part-time employees.

For a company to be considered an Equal Opportunity Employer and eliminate all forms of unfair discrimination in the recruitment and selection of staff, internal candidates should be given prior consideration for job appointments.

According to section 186 (2) of the Labour Relations Act “The employer has the obligation to act fairly towards the employee in the selection and promotion process.” The employer however has the prerogative to hire an external candidate should an internal candidate not be considered suitable for the role that is being offered.

As an employee, there is no right to be promoted, only to be treated fairly in the selection process.

Setting up a successful internal recruitment process

Sharing and tracking opportunities with existing employees

Using JOBJACK’s custom job boards and link sharing, you will easily be able to share opportunities via internal communication channels with existing employees once a position becomes available within your organisation. The custom job board will reflect your company's branding and display all the positions that are posted by your company. The job board will have its own custom link and each job will have a unique link guiding employees to the relevant job that was posted.

With JOBJACK’s new technology you can distinguish between internal and external candidates by simply uploading a list of your existing employees' information into the system. Once a position is posted onto the platform and candidates start applying, you will easily be able to filter between internal and external applications.

Application screening and management

JOBJACK’s Applicant Tracking System, third party checks and powerful screening tools will make the process of considering internal candidates for positions more streamlined, removing the admin from the internal decision making process. By making use of JOBJACK’s custom built screening assessments you as an organisation can take the guesswork out of your selection process. You will easily be able to identify the best talent in your organisation in a fair and informed way.

The next step: External candidates

If no suitable internal candidates for the role are found, you will have access to JOBJACK’s database of over a million job seekers. Each external applicant that applies for the position will be screened according to the requirements of the position and the screening assessments that have been applied.

JOBJACK’s technology will identify the best talent internally or externally and allow you as an organisation to ensure you are promoting and hiring the right people, all while removing the admin from your recruitment process.