Recruiting senior managers: IRS data in full

The IRS report into employers' recruitment of senior managers is accompanied in this file by a breakdown of our findings by broad economic sector and workforce size.

On this page:
How our survey findings are broken down by sector and size in the tables
Table 1: Time to hire - the typical length of time required to fill senior management vacancies
Table 2: Cost per hire - the typical cost of filling senior management vacancies
Table 3: Agency fees for senior management recruitment
Table 4: Appointment panels' involvement in the recruitment process
Table 5A: The ways in which employers identify candidates for senior management posts - breakdown by economic sector
Table 5B: The ways in which employers identify candidates for senior management posts - breakdown by workforce size
Table 6A: The selection methods used when filling senior management vacancies - breakdown by economic sector
Table 6B: The selection methods used when filling senior management vacancies - breakdown by workforce size
Table 7: Employers' interviewing formats for senior management appointments
Recruiting senior managers: the main IRS report

How our survey findings are broken down by sector and size in the tables

Our survey findings are analysed in two different ways.