Lateral Recruitment - HR Glossary

HR Glossary - Lateral Recruitment - Hireforce
HR Glossary - Lateral Recruitment - Hireforce

Lateral recruitment, also known as lateral hiring or the lateral hiring process, is a human resources approach in which companies employ people with similar experience, talents, and job functions from rival or parallel businesses. This method tries to introduce new viewpoints and experience to the firm while reducing the learning curve.

Example

A technology business may participate in lateral recruiting by employing a software engineer from another tech firm to obtain insights from their past expertise.

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