Internal recruitment: Yes, it's valuable for you

Stop hiring off FOMO.

Internal recruitment -- essentially, promoting, advancing, and hiring from within -- seems like a pretty fraught concept at a lot of companies.

I think the big thing here is FOMO, or fear of missing out. It's kind of the same logic behind why companies hire consultants. The idea is that "fresh blood" is good. These people will have new ideas. They might …