External recruitment has which typical advantage?

• A. Faster hiring
• B. Brings new ideas and skills
• C. Lower training costs
• D. Only internal candidates

Answer: (B)

External recruitment focuses on bringing people in from outside the organisation, which is valuable because they bring fresh ideas and new skills that current staff may not have. This can help with innovation, fill skill gaps, and introduce different ways of working or up-to-date knowledge from other industries or firms.

Faster hiring isn’t typically an advantage of looking outside the business, since advertising, screening, and interviewing external candidates can take longer. Lower training costs are unlikely because new external hires usually need substantial onboarding and training to fit into the company. Relying only on internal candidates isn’t external recruitment at all.