Which of the following is an external recruiting source?

• A. posting on a public job board
• B. a headhunter
• C. locates current employees for other internal roles
• D. targets people outside the organization

Answer: (D)

External recruiting means seeking candidates from outside the company. The option that best fits this is the one that states you target people outside the organization, because it directly identifies the candidate pool as those who aren’t current employees. The other options describe external channels (like posting to a public job board or using a headhunter), but they describe methods rather than the source of candidates themselves, and locating current employees for internal moves is clearly internal recruiting.