Some of the factors that affect recruitment are: 

Size of the Organisation: Bigger organisations find recruitment less problematic than organisations that are smaller in size.

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.

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.

Demographic factors: Like the details of possible employees- age, religion, literacy level, gender, occupation, economic status, etc.

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.

Labour Laws: These cover working conditions, compensation, retirement benefits, and safety and health of employees in industrial undertakings.

Competitors: Time to time the organisations have to change their recruitment policies and manuals according to the policies being followed by the competitors.