All of the following are drawbacks of promoting from within EXCEPT
A) when an internal candidate in promoted, it causes a cascade of vacancies within the firm..
B) internal recruiting costs tend to be higher than external recruiting costs because of the extensive databases and employee skills inventories required..
C) if the current workforce lacks diversity, EEO problems may be perpetuated.
D) an employee's good performance on one job may not be a good predictor of his/her performance on another job.

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Internal recruiting costs tend to be lower than external recruiting costs because the company already has access to the employee's information and can skip some steps of the recruitment process. Therefore, B is an incorrect statement and not a drawback of promoting from within.

All of the Following Are Drawbacks of Promoting from Within