CBSE 2026 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q28

‘Staple Foods Ltd.’, a packaged food company is planning to expand its operations. To meet growing manpower needs, it adopts different external sources of recruitment for different levels of employees by balancing cost, time and quality in talent acquisition across organisational levels. For positions requiring high trust and confidentiality, the company prefers applicants introduced by existing senior employees. For specialised technical and professional roles like Marketing Head, Operations Manager, etc., it contacts private agencies and professional bodies. These agencies are able to access a wider talent pool as they compile bio-data of a large number of candidates and recommend suitable names to their clients. For casual vacancies of unskilled or semi-skilled jobs, they post job vacancies on the company’s notice board to attract local candidates. Job seekers assemble outside the premises of the organisation on the specified date and selection is done on the spot. ‘Staple Foods Ltd.’ also maintains a record of unsolicited job applications and contacts suitable candidates from this pool whenever vacancies arise. State the external sources of recruitment used by ‘Staple Foods Ltd.’ for recruitment of people at various organisational levels.