A blog post from Select International discusses the reasons organizations may want to promote an employee rather than hire from the outside, or vice versa.
Post author Amie Lawrence, PhD, said promoting from within has certain benefits, such as the more textured knowledge current employees possess about the organization and the understanding that there are advancement opportunities with an organization. But she also said hiring from the outside is an attractive option when the organization's current workforce lacks certain skills or if the organization is committed to a cultural change.
To read more about these considerations, read the full blog post from Dr. Lawrence.
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