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Blue Bell School believes in all round development of children, focusing both oh academics and on sports and extra-curricular activities. Many students of this school have secured ranks at the state level in the board exams and also some of the students have excelled at the state and national games. One of the key reasons for such excellent performance of the students is that the school hires highly qualified teachers and pays them well. The school has presently vacancies for middle level classes. The internal sources have been exhausted. Explain any five sources of recruitment that the school can use for filling up these vacancies.

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For filling up the vacant posts, following five external sources of recruitment can be used: (i) Direct Recruitment Under direct recruitment, a notice is placed on the notice board of the enterprise specifying the details of the jobs available. Job seekers assemble outside the organisation on the specified date and selection is done on the spot. This source may be used for the office staff, teachers and primary teachers. (ii) Advertisement Advertisement in newspaper is generally used when wider choice is required. The advantages of advertising vacancies is that more information about the organisation and job can be given in the advertisement. It gives the management a wider range of candidates from which to choose. (iii) Employment Exchange Employment exchanges run by the government are regarded as a good source of recruitment. It helps to match personnel demand and supply by serving as a link between job seekers and employers. (iv) Recommendations of Employees Employees of an organisation recommend the names of their friends, relatives and neighbours, which prove to be a good external source of recruitment. It is a reliable source as the background of the suggested candidate is well known. (v) Web Publishing Internet is becoming a common source of recruitment these days. There are many websites like naukri.com, monster, corn, etc designed to provide information to both job seekers and employers.