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Table 8: Organisations operating a structured graduate recruitment programme, by sector and by size (%)AllSectorPrivate sector servicesManufacturing and productionPublic servicesVoluntary, community and not-for-profitSize – number of employeesFewer than 250251–500501–1,0001,001–5,0005,001–10,00010,001 or moreBase: 176232724247122224275163Attracting candidatesWe also enquired about the methods employers areusing to attract applicants (Table 9). Recruitmentagencies were ranked first, with 78% using them toattract applicants, followed by using the company’sown corporate website (75%) and local newspaperadvertisements (74%). Making use of specialistjournals/trade press was used by 62% of respondentsand just over half use apprenticeships, work placementsor secondments to attract applicants.When looking at the use of recruitment agencies withindifferent industry sectors, almost all manufacturing andproduction companies make use of them (90%), 82%of private sector employers do and 71% of voluntarysector organisations. However, just over half of publicsector organisations (57%) use recruitment agencies.This suggests a preference towards greater internalresourcing control.Recruitment, retention and turnover 9
Table 9: Methods used to attract applicants, by industry sector (%)TotalManufacturingand productionVoluntary,communityand not-forprofitPrivatesectorservicesPublicservices2007 surveyRecruitment agencies 78 90 71 82 57 73Own corporatewebsite 75 65 82 75 82 75Local newspaperadvertisements74 82 86 63 82 75Specialist journals/trade press62 64 60 53 82 61Employee referralscheme47 53 20 67 12 47Encouragingspeculativeapplications/word47 53 35 59 22 44of mouthJobcentre Plus 45 46 50 35 61 43National newspaperadvertisements42 35 60 31 65 42Links with schools/colleges/universities36 34 29 36 40 32Search consultants* 33 41 14 38 26 29Secondments 31 19 45 26 45 N/ACommercial jobboards25 19 22 32 21 21Apprentices 21 37 13 14 22 N/APhysical posters/billboards/vehicles10 9 11 10 9 11Radio or TVadvertisements6 7 7 5 9 6Others 7 5 14 5 12 10Base: 778* included in the recruitment agencies figure for 2007Selecting candidatesInterviews following contents of CV/application form(that is, biographical) are the most common selectionmethod (72%), followed by competency-based interviews(65%) and structured interviews (panel) (56%).10Recruitment, retention and turnover
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