Nearly 900 UK based in-house and agency recruiters (a 60% in-house\/40% agency split) were surveyed to examine their experience of candidate sourcing channels during 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With over 150,000 individual data points, the survey enabled the detailed analysis of which sourcing channels are delivering the best results for recruiters within specific industries and company sizes. Sourcing channels analysed in the report include generalist and specialist job boards, employee referrals, talent pools, social media, professional social networks and, new for 2018, job aggregators and events and careers fairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nearly 900 UK based in-house and agency recruiters (a 60% in-house\/40% agency split) were surveyed to examine their experience of candidate sourcing channels during 2018. With over 150,000 individual data points, the survey enabled the detailed analysis of which sourcing channels are delivering the best results for recruiters within specific industries and company sizes. 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