Q.Explain the external factors affecting recruitment.

External factors sit in the wider labour-market and legal environment, and an organisation must recruit within them rather than change them directly. …

External factors are conditions in the wider environment, outside the organisation's direct control:

1. Supply and demand of specific skills in the labour market — if a particular skill is scarce relative to demand, recruitment for that role becomes harder and more competitive, whatever the organisation itself does.
2. Rate of unemployment prevailing — a high general unemployment rate typically makes recruitment easier (more active job-seekers); a tight labour market makes it harder.
3. Labour laws governing employment — statutory provisions on minimum wages, reservation, and restrictions on employing certain categories of people constrain how and whom an organisation may recruit.
4. Competitors' recruitment practices — if rival organisations offer better pay or conditions for similar roles, an organisation must recruit against that competitive backdrop. …

Assuming external factors only refer to "the economy" in a vague sense — the syllabus expects specific named factors (skill supply/demand, unemployment …