The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: data in full

This file complements the IRS survey into employers’ measures to reduce their recruitment costs by providing a series of tables that give breakdowns of the research findings by economic sector and workforce size.

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How our survey findings are broken down
Table 1: Alternatives to recruitment advertising
Table 2: Changes to the use of agencies
Table 3: Better use of recruitment advertising
Table 4: Resources and administration
Table 5: Vacancy management
Table 6: Applications procedures
Table 7: Selection processes and selection criteria
Table 8a: The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: private sector services
Table 8b: The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: manufacturing and production
Table 8c: The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: public sector
Table 8d: The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: 1-249 employees
Table 8e: The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: 250-999 employees
Table 8f: The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: 1,000+ employees
The most effective ways of reducing recruitment costs: the IRS survey

How our survey findings are broken down

Our survey findings are analysed in two different ways, as follows:

1.