Internal mobility: the hire you're not making but should
Promoting internally is faster, cheaper, and more retentive than external hiring. Here's why teams still under-use it.
Promoting internally is faster, cheaper, and more retentive than external hiring. Here's why teams still under-use it.
The data is on your side
Internal moves close 50 percent faster, cost a fraction of an external hire, and stay roughly 30 percent longer in role.
The blocker is rarely the candidate
It is usually the current manager not wanting to lose them, and the receiving manager preferring the perceived clean slate of an external hire. Both are solvable with structure.
Make it a publish and apply process
Treat the internal opening like any external one. Post it, run a real loop, make a clean decision. The team's trust in the process is the long-term reward.
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