96% of Recruiters source Candidates through mainstream Job Boards

[Thomas Shaw]

The RCSA has just released the latest Quarterly Business Manager Survey results for the 3rd Quarter 2009. Contained within the past 2 surveys, is a question regarding the "media used to source candidates". Although the survey is only a small sample of Recruitment Agencies across Australia & New Zealand, I have grouped together the past 2 survey results, to better represent any trends over the past 6 months.

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I would encourage the RCSA to continue to refine the existing sources (grouping Social Networking sites) and expand to include Resume Databases, Print Media etc.

The majority of respondents (96%) source candidates through mainstream job boards followed by networking events (76%) and in-house & niche job boards (69%).

However, the RCSA statistics only show the "media used to source candidates". It is unknown if these candidates turned into successful placements or if the agency correctly identified the original candidate source. There is a considerable difference in comparing the Source of Talent 2009 survey to the RCSA survey results.

3rd Qtr 2009 - 201 responses, data collection began early October 2009 and completed 16 October 2009
2nd Qtr 2009 - 184 responses, data collection began early July 2009 and completed 30 July 2009