Alan, a content analyst, frequently attends seminars at his workplace. At one such seminar, a new content development position in Alan's department was announced. The management asked employees to refer friends or family members that they thought were suitable for the position. Alan referred Sam, a cousin with previous experience in content creation. After various selection processes, Sam was hired. In this scenario, which of the following recruiting methods did Alan's organization use? A) Digital recruiting

B) Job posting

C) Headhunting

D) Word-of-mouth recruiting

The correct answer is D) Word-of-mouth recruiting

Explanation:

In companies, recruiting refers to the process of finding someone suitable for a job or position. This process can be done in multiple ways and therefore there is not only one method for recruiting. In the case of word-of-mouth recruiting, this type of recruiting relies on referrals from employees. This means, in these cases, the company does not let the general public know there is an open position but asks employees to recommend friends, relatives or similar and these are the possible candidates.

This type of recruiting method is the one Alan's organization used because the organization asked Alan, who is an employer about friends or people he wanted to recommend or people he knew would be suitable for the position. Therefore, the recruiting was based on referrals, which is the main factor in word-of-mouth recruiting.