Promotion given without advertising the role

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I'm not sure this is an issue, but I vaguely remember from some training I did about 200 years ago that, even if you have someone in mind for a position (internally) you need to advertise the position to everyone within the organisation. Indeed, I had to go through the application, selection and interview process for a promotion I was informally told I was guaranteed to get.
Is this (still) the case? Should a company, even if they have approached an individual for a promotion/newly invented role, advertise the role to all within the company in order to give everyone the same opportunity to apply for it? Or is it not a requirement but generally done more out of curtesy?

It's policy for some organisations but there is no legal requirement no.

Perfectly legal to just promote someone.

Thank you.
The training I did was by the local authority so perhaps it was a policy of theirs and, obviously, not all companies adopt the same approach.

Perfectly legal and logical to promote someone without jumping through the hoops of filling a pretend vacancy

It really depends on the policies and what route they were promoted. We have strict rules about advertising roles but posts can be regraded and that's not advertised

It’s good practice but it’s not a legal requirement. As a rule, Public sector will always advertise roles, although some may just be advertised internally.

My old workplace had a phase where they would just put people into new roles. It was really demotivating for the rest of the team, all of whom were working on qualifications and keen to progress, with limited room for movement. As a result there was a high turnover

And there's an argument to say that if they have decided already who they want to promote then they shouldn't run a campaign because it gives a false expectation and wastes everyone's time. But employers should also recognise that not offering opportunities such as this on a regular basis will lead to people leaving or feeling demotivated. As a one off and for a specific reason it's fine.

We were about to advertise for a very specialist role, rare to have an applicant who doesn’t need the required training to qualify which takes a couple of years. A colleague who had left our team a year before contacted us, asking if we had any jobs going. She was an excellent colleague, and as she was already qualified and used to the team, we advertised the role for 24 hours, and she was the only applicant.

I wish employers would promote strong candidates more often without making them jump through hoops. I'm sick of working with numpties who have leapfrogged more capable colleagues because they know how to game modern recruitment processes.

Doing a job well and getting a job are different skill sets these days. Sadly.

Of course they don’t need to do this, what would be the point in that, if they already know who is getting it and who is perfect for the role, why waste everyone’s time on a game.

We promote when people are ready - ie whee we n they have the skills to take the job to the next level. We are not wasting time advertising within our firm. We all know the standard of work people produce day in and day out and it is that and not a 60 min interview that will get them promoted.