Recruitment Handbook

The Relationship Between TA and Talent Ninety percent of HR professionals at TA leader organizations rate the overall quality of talent in their organizations as either above average or top notch. This percentage is twice that of TA laggards (45%).
The Current State Of Talent Acquisition Few HR professionals give their organizations high marks in terms of the maturity of their talent acquisition functions. Only 18% percent say their TA function is advanced or top-notch. About half say their TA function is progressing whereas 29% say it is either improvisational or chaotic.
Characteristics Of Recruitment-Advertising Leaders For this part of the report, we conducted various analyses to gain insights into which practices are most widely used by organizations with higher levels of success. Specifically, we analyzed responses and segmented the data into two groups: Recruitment-advertising leaders and Recruitment-advertising laggards.
Using Recruitment Technologies Fully 82% of respondents say their firms use some form of recruitment technology. Applicant tracking systems (ATS) continue to be the most widely used recruitment technology, with 61% of responding organizations using one.
Determining The Responsibility For Recruitment Advertising HR is the department most likely to play a primary role in recruitment advertising design and strategy, selected by 44% of respondents.
The Top Sources For Advertising Job Openings Seventy-eight percent of respondents post new jobs on their corporate website, making it far and away the most prevalent job-posting source. Every serious job candidate will eventually end up on your website.
Measuring Recruitment Advertising Most organizations use an array of metrics to gauge the impact of their recruitment advertisement initiatives. In fact, only 13% of respondents say their organization does not use any metrics in this area.
The Prevalence, Quality Of Recruitment Advertising And Barriers To Recruitment Advertising Ninety-nine percent of respondents say their organizations advertise for new job openings. About two-thirds feel they’re able to attract quality job candidates via their efforts, but fewer feel as if they’re doing well in terms of achieving a return on their advertising investment (ROI).
Characteristics Of Well-Branded Organizations For this report, we conducted various analyses to gain insights into which practices are most widely used by organizations with higher levels of success. Specifically, we analyzed responses and segmented the data into two groups: Well-branded organizations and Less-branded organizations.
Determining Responsibility For Employer Branding Aside from HR, senior leaders and marketing departments are about equally likely to have the greatest responsibility for the employer brand strategy and development.
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