Factors Affecting Recruitment

Recruitment is subject to the influence of internal and external factors. Internal factors are factors that arise within the company with external factors are factors affecting from outside the organization.  Proactive HR professionals should be aware of the factors affecting hiring and take the necessary actions to enhance the organization (Expert, 2021).

Internal Factors

Many organizations have policies of employment that have been designed based on the work ethics, code of conduct and internal politics that affect the recruitment. Organizations have control over the internal factors that affect their recruitment functions (Koba, 2019). The internal factors are:

Size of organization (AmSafe, 2022): An organization with one hundred thousand employees will find itself recruiting potential applicants much more often than will an organization with one hundred employees. Large organizations will have a huge pool of applicant while they need to fulfill a vacant position (Expert, 2021). Similarly, a small organization with small number of employees will need to outsource or to advertise for the vacant position hence small organization finds it difficult to attract applicant. 

Recruiting policy: Recruitment policy of any organization is on influencing factor of any recruiting efforts. Hence the organization's hiring practices, such as whether to use internal or external resources have an impact on the recruitment process. It gives a framework for putting recruiting campaigns into action and describes the recruitment's goals (Hamza et al., 2021).

Image of organization: There are many organizations whose has built and maintained a brand image yet there are some with whose image is worst in the market. Image of the organization is one of the prominent factors which is influencing recruitment process (Rahman et al., 2010). An organization with good image means organization is taking good care of their employees and has good growth in the market.

Image of job: The image of a position is just as important to recruitment as the image of a company therefore it is a major factor which influence the extent of recruitment. Jobs with a positive reputation in terms of greater pay, promotions, recognition, a nice work environment, and possibilities for professional development are seen to be the qualities to attract suitable individuals (Rahman et al., 2010).

 

External Factors

External factors are those that an organization cannot control. The following are some examples of external influences that have an impact on the hiring process (Morley et al.,2015).

 

·         Demographic factors − The characteristics of potential employees, such as their age, religion, literacy level, gender, occupation, economic standing, etc., are influenced by demographic considerations (Koba, 2019).

 

·         Labour market − Labor market is one of the constant factors that influence the recruitment efforts of any organization made by human resources management department hence regulates both the supply and demand for labour. For instance, hiring will need extra work if there is a gap between the supply and demand of a particular expertise. On the other side, recruiting will be relatively simpler if demand is lower than supply (Expert, 2021).

 

·         Unemployment rate − Human resources management of any organization has to consider unemployment rate as a factor of which influence recruitment in the organization therefore, they have to look after the unemployment rate of the area where the organization is located, if the unemployment rate is high in the location, human resource management will easily find the suitable candidate with the lower salary (Koba, 2019).

·     Competitors − Competitors are always looking forward to grow up and to have quality employees from whom they can maximize their profit margin and growth rate of the company hence they are the factor influencing recruiting efforts given by the competitors for the positions which they are looking for. There is a need to analyse the competition and present the resource packages that are best in terms of industry standards when firms in the same industry are vying for the most qualified resources (Koba, 2019).

List of References

 

1)     AdwoaHughes-Morley, BridgetYoung, WaquasWaheed, NicolaSmall, PeterBower, 2015 Factors affecting Recrutiment, Vol 17. 

2)     AmSafe 2022, Human Recource Management: Internal and External Factors Influencing Recruitment. Vol 5. PP80

3)           Expert, 2021. Internal and External Factors Affecting Recruitment and Selection. https://studentsexplore.com/internal-and-external-factors-affecting-recruitment/

4)     Koba 2019, One thought on “Internal and External Factors Influencing Recruitment”. Vol 6, pp770

5)     Pshdar Abdalla Hamza, Baban Jabbar Othman, Bayar Gardi, Sarhang Sorguli, Hassan Mahmood Aziz, Shahla Ali Ahmed, Bawan Yassin Sabir, Nechirwan Burhan Ismael, Bayad Jamal Ali, Govand Anwr, 2021. Recruitment and Selection: The Relationship between Recruitment and Selection with Organizational Performance. Vol 5

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