Equal Opportunity Employer

Neferlaw

We advertise that we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are a medium size (85 people) non-profit. We would like to advertise a position in-house before we resort to outside advertisement. Does anyone see any problem with that?

John Vering MO

I do not see a problem.
John Vering

Mel in CO

I don't see any problem with your situation. I actually will open a position at my organization for one to two weeks prior to placing an advertisement in newspapers and/or on the web.

I feel that it is a "win" situation for the employer if they do hire someone within the organization for a given position. First, you are promoting (by example) that your organization is willing to grow employees internally and that your organization does promote within – it says to an employee that they can grow with the organization and not be stuck in the same position for the rest of their employment term. Secondly, you would be hiring someone who is already familiar with the organization so training time is reduced because you don’t have to teach someone about the organization; just train them on the position. And finally, you are saving on both internal and external costs - you will save on internal costs because you don't have to train them fully on how the organization operates and you will be saving on external costs of running an advertisement in newspapers and/or on the web.

Good luck -- hopefully you do find someone internally.

Don D

The only caution I see is if you have an EEOC Conciliation Agreement or are required by the Federal Contractor Job Listing Program to advertise with the Employment Commission.

Carol CA

I don't see a problem at all. We usually post our opportunities in house in order to afford promotional opportunities for our current employees before we resort to the outside. Letting your employees have the first crack at new jobs is good employee relations.

LFernandes

I don't see a problem with it. We post internally and externally at the same time. We also have an employee referral program in place. We have gotten several great employees that way.