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2012
Table 5: What are the main factors that influence your choice of recruitment partner? (% of
respondents)
Access to highly skilled
candidates
All
organisations
Manufacturing
and production
Private
services
Public
sector
Not-for-profit
sector
54 62 54 42 56
Cost 52 53 51 46 60
Existing relationships with
recruitment partners
Involvement with my
organisation’s industry
42 47 43 37 35
31 35 32 22 35
Reputation 30 44 27 22 30
Personal recommendation 10 12 10 5 13
Global reach 6 12 6 2 3
Other 7 4 6 11 6
Base: 500
Length of recruitment process
One in three (33%) organisations report that
they have lost potential recruits due to the length
of their recruitment process. This issue appears
to be exacerbated by organisation size. Threefifths
(59%) of organisations with more than
5,000 employees report that the length of their
recruitment process has led to the loss of potential
recruits compared with 46% of organisations with
1,000–4,999 employees and about one-quarter of
smaller organisations. There were no significant
sector differences once size was taken into account.
Recruitment difficulties
Despite the high unemployment rate, 82% of
organisations reported difficulties in filling at least
some vacancies over the past few months. This is
an increase on the previous two years (2011: 75%,
2010: 68%) and more in line with previous years,
before the full impact of the economic downturn
(2009: 81%; 2008: 86%).
All sectors report more difficulties this year
compared with last, although the biggest increase
is noted in the public sector (Table 6). Table 7
suggests this is partly due to a step increase in filling
vacancies for senior managers/directors. This increase
is observed in all sectors but is particularly the case
in the public sector, where the proportion reporting
recruitment difficulties in this area has doubled
compared with last year. The ongoing austerity
measures and pay freezes in the public sector,
coupled with the challenges of widespread reforms,
may reduce its attractiveness to potential recruits.
Table 6: Organisations experiencing difficulties recruiting for one or more category of vacancy in the
past few months, by organisation size (% of those that have had vacancies to fill)
Difficulty filling one or
more vacancies
All
organisations
Manufacturing
and production
Private
services
Public
sector
Not-for-profit
sector
2012 82 91 82 82 70
2011 75 88 77 66 62
Base: 486 (2012); 561 (2011)
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