As Rosenzweig and Nohria identified human resource management in general as the area of management most likely to be subject to national
differences, Human Resource Management activities in general and recruitment in specific vary in between the
different multinational companies subsidiaries. Although the Egyptian market witnessed a rapid growth in the number and size of multinational companies reaching 2100, there is a gap in published Human Resource
literature on multinational companies in Egypt and also in understanding the impact of organizational
size on Human Resource practices. Thus, understanding the actual recruitment process, the recruitment problems and the reactions undertaken in recruitment to face market fluctuations like the recent global financial crisis becomes critical.