Factors Affecting Recruitment

2. Internal Factors
Forces or the factors that can be controlled by the
organization.

3. Internal Factors
Recruitment Policy
• specifies the objectives of recruitment
• provides a framework for implementation of recruitment program
• involves organizational system to be developed for implementing
recruitment program and procedure by filling up vacancies with best
qualified people

4. Internal Factors|Recruitment Policy
Factors Affecting Recruitment Policy
Need of the organization
Organizational objectives
Preferred sources of recruitment
Government policies on reservations
Personnel policies of the organization and its competitors
Recruitment costs and financial implications

5. Internal Factors
Human Resource Planning
Effective human resource planning helps in determining the gaps present in the
existing manpower of the organization. It also helps in determining the number
of employees to be recruited and what qualification they must possess.

6. Internal Factors
Size of the Organization
The size of the organization affects the recruitment process. If the organization
is planning to increase its operations and expand its business, it will think of
hiring more personnel, which will handle its operations.

7. Internal Factors
Recruitment Cost
Recruitment incur cost to the employer, therefore, organizations try to employ
that source of recruitment which will bear a lower cost of recruitment to the
organization for each candidate.

8. Internal Factors
Growth and Expansion
Organization will employ or think of employing more personnel if it is expanding
its operations.

9. Internal Factors
Image of Organization/Reputation
Organizations having a good positive image in the market can easily attract
competent resources.

10. Internal Factors
Image of Job
Jobs having a positive image in terms of better remuneration, promotions,
recognition, good work environment with career development opportunities are
considered to be the characteristics to attract qualified candidates.

11. Internal Factors
Age of the Firm
Startup business is in urge need of new talent. Recruitment for a new firm is not
as technically handled as in fully established organizations. New firms don’t
have strict HR policies to follow. Recruitment is on flexible terms for startups. As
the company goes older with earning well-reputed label, its HR policies and
framework get complex.

12. External Factors
Forces or the factors that cannot be controlled by the
organization.

13. External Factors
Supply And Demand
The availability of manpower both within and outside the organization is an
important determinant in the recruitment process. If the company has a demand
for more professionals and there is limited supply in the market for the
professionals demanded by the company, then the company will have to
depend upon internal sources by providing them special training and
development programs.

14. External Factors
Labor Market
Employment conditions in the community where the organization is located will
influence the recruiting efforts of the organization. If there is surplus of
manpower at the time of recruitment, even informal attempts at the time of
recruiting like notice boards display of the requisition or announcement in the
meeting etc will attract more than enough applicants.

15. External Factors
Image / Goodwill
Image of the employer can work as a potential constraint for recruitment. An
organization with positive image and goodwill as an employer finds it easier to
attract and retain employees than an organization with negative image. Image
of a company is based on what organization does and affected by industry.

16. External Factors
Political-Social-Legal Environment
Various government regulations prohibiting discrimination in hiring and
employment have direct impact on recruitment practices.

17. External Factors
Unemployment Rate
Higher unemployment rate increases the applicants against the job opening.
The firms can hire their perfect candidate on their own terms. So it makes the
recruitment process simple. The Lower rate will give the firms tough time to
attract the desired candidate with benefits

18. External Factors
Competitors
The recruitment policies of the competitors also affect the recruitment function
of the organizations. To face the competition, many a times the organizations
have to change their recruitment policies according to the policies being
followed by the competitors.

19. Factors Affecting Recruitment
Both of the factors play their specific role in the
process. The difference is from the perspective in which
they influence the recruitment. Be it internal or external,
they possess the energy to divert the process flow
and making the recruitment industry efficient.

20. Factors Affecting Recruitment
The only difference is that internal factors are under the
control of the organization as their scope is within the
organization. These factors can be gripped, alternated and
can never get on your nerves as of being controllable. While
the external factors are out of grip and access. You can only
follow their trends. There is no escape other than molding
your HR policies according to the external factors in the
trend.

21. Factors Affecting Recruitment
Human Resource Management
Princess L. Velarde
BPE 4A