Quite a generic question and one that would be difficult for many people to answer as it typically depends on the role, the location, the market and availability of skills. However, I was interested in an overall perception of what people thought was the most effective method to recruit.
Although not at all scientific, I launched into the Linked In Poll application and set up the survey. As the Poll was on a networking site, this probably swayed results too, so although an interesting read, probably not conclusive evidence. The Poll is still running, so please cast your vote to gain an insight into the questioning and be counted in the next analysis.
94 people have responded so far and here is a broad overview of the results…
Not surprising that on a networking site Direct / Word of Mouth (WOM) was the most favoured method (35%) with Online / Job boards closely followed (32%). Recruitment Agency / Head Hunter claimed a fair 27% of the votes but Newspapers / Trade Press were seriously lagging behind at only 1%
HR Consultants were the largest group of respondents (34%) and surprisingly see Recruitment Agencies almost three times as more effective than Online / Job Boards. However, over 50% of HR see WOM as being the effective method.
Although only 5% of the respondents were Engineers, a staggering 100% of this job category voted for WOM. If this is A-typical of the Engineering Industry it demonstrates a very closed market to both job seekers and recruitment suppliers.
There was almost a 50/50 split in ratio of women to men respondents. However, almost twice as many men regard the Recruitment Agency route their preferred choice whist almost twice as many women prefer WOM. Could this mean that women are better net workers when it comes to recruitment????
The results also highlight that Online Recruitment / Job Boards are preferred by the majority of medium, enterprise and large organisations compared to small organisations who still prefer to use Recruitment Agencies.
And finally, the majority of respondents were aged between 25 - 54 and responded with a relatively equal split between Recruitment Agencies / Job Boards and WOM. The over 55’s would only consider Recruitment Agencies or WOM to be the most effective….
So, not very scientific and a difficult one to generalise, but overall, I quiet interesting results. If you want to have your say and see the results live then please vote on the Linked In Poll
Lis Wilson
