© 2005 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 15, 2005

Recruiting Tools

• Sample comprised of 380 randomly selected HR professionals.

• Analyzing 380 responses of 2701 emails sent, 2546 emails were received (response rate = 15%).

• Survey fielded November 15 – November 21, 2005; presentation generated on November 30, 2005.

• Margin of error is +/- 5%

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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 15, 2005

Which of the following recruiting methods is your organization currently using? (check all that apply)

86%

79%

75%

74%

52%

51%

47%

47%

42%

36%

35%

27%

24%

24%

15%

13%

11%

5%

1%

1%

6%

Internet Job Postings

Referrals

Personal contacts/networking

Newspapers

Job applications online or website

Agencies

Job fairs

Temp to hire

Walk-in-traffic

Headhunters

Professional and/or trade journal

Internet advertisements

Community organizations

Minority job fairs

General public

Job Hotlines

Open houses

Places of worship

International newspapers

Blogs (weblogs)

Other

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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 15, 2005

Which of the following recruiting methods is your organization currently using? (Check all that apply)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

Internet job postings 326 85.8%

Referrals 300 78.9%

Personal contacts/networking 285 75.0%

Newspapers 281 73.9%

Job applications online or website

199 52.4%

Agencies 192 50.5%

Job fairs 180 47.7%

Temp to hire 179 47.1%

Walk-in-traffic 161 42.4%

Headhunters 137 36.1%

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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 15, 2005

Which of the following recruiting methods is your organization currently using? (Check all that apply) cont’d

Choice Count Percent of Sample

Professional and/or trade journals 131 34.5%

Internet advertisements 103 27.1%

Community organizations 91 23.9%

Minority job fairs 91 23.9%

General public 57 15.0%

Job Hotlines 49 12.9%

Open houses 43 11.3%

Places of worship 17 4.5%

International newspapers 4 1.1%

Blogs (weblogs) 3 0.8%

Other (please specify) 24 6.3%

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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 15, 2005

Other (please specify)

• unemployment office• Texas Workforce Commission• State Job Service• State employment agency• State Department of Workforce Services• Sign On Building-Now Hiring• Resume Search• Recruiting contests among current employees• Radio• Professional Organizations• Our corporate website• On-Campus• Newsletters to church members• Hired after internship is complete• College visits• College Recruiting fairs• College campus recruiting• Chamber of Commerce • Campus Recruiting• Billboard• Americas Job Bank• We are mandated by the New Mexico State Personnel Office

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SHRM Weekly Online Survey: November 15, 2005

Online resources on Recruiting - www.shrm.org

• Recruiting and Staffing Focus Area - http://www.shrm.org/ema/

• Recruiting Toolkit - http://www.shrm.org/hrtools/toolkits_published/CMS_010589.asp

• Measuring Recruiting Value - http://www.shrm.org/research/briefly_published/ROI%20Series_%20Measuring%20Recruiting%20Value.asp

• Brave New World of Internet Hiring - http://www.shrm.org/hrtx/library_published/nonIC/CMS_014953.asp

• Recruiting for Retention - http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/whitepapers_published/CMS_000371.asp