Some of the factors that affect recruitment are:
1. (a) Size of the Organisation: Bigger organisations find recruitment less problematic than organisations that are smaller in size.
2. (b) Recruiting Policy: Most organisations prefer recruiting through internal sources, because own employees know the organisation and they can well fit into the organisation’s culture.
3. (c) Nature of Post: The recruitment process varies according to type of personnel to be recruited.
For example, recruitment process of a bank officer will differ from that of an IPS officer.
4. (d) Demographic factors: Like the details of possible employees- age, religion, literacy level, gender, occupation, economic status, etc.
5. (e) Unemployment rate: If the unemployment rate is high, the number of applicants will be more, making it easy for the recruiters to select from a wide range.
6. (f) Labour Laws: These cover working conditions, compensation, retirement benefits, and safety and health of employees in industrial undertakings.
7. (g) Competitors: Time to time the organisations have to change their recruitment policies and manuals according to the policies being followed by the competitors.
