Recruiting, selecting, orienting and training personnel are integral components of any business’s success. The strategies employed by a large company and small company to effectively implement these functions can vary significantly due to the respective size of the organization. While both types of organizations will perform many of the same activities when it comes to recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training their personnel there are also some distinct differences between how a large corporation versus a small business might approach each process.

When it comes to recruiting potential employees for positions in their organization, larger companies typically have more resources available to employ a wide variety of recruitment techniques such as using job boards or community sites like Linkedin or Indeed; attending job fairs; offering internships; leveraging referrals from current employees; utilizing paid advertising on television or radio; and even social media campaigns targeting certain demographics that may be interested in joining their team. On the other hand, smaller businesses may not have the budget for all the above-mentioned techniques but might resort instead to relying on word-of-mouth referrals from associates and customers as well as networking within their local communities. Additionally they might use less expensive methods such as posting ads with local newspapers or professional associations which could result in obtaining quality candidates at lower overall costs than those incurred by larger corporations engaging in more comprehensive campaigns.