Navigating recruitment challenges in today's workforce

To better understand and tackle the evolving challenges in recruitment, we invite you to participate in our latest survey. By sharing your insights, you'll be contributing valuable information that will aid organisations in future-proofing their recruitment strategies.

Your feedback will help shape effective recruitment solutions tailored to the changing landscape. Join us in this collaborative effort to enhance recruitment practices for the future by answering our 5-minute survey, and be in for the chance to win a £200 Amazon voucher!

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1. Please enter your full name and email address (Required.)

Full name

Email address

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2. What industry does your organisation belong to? (select one) (Required.)

Healthcare

Technology

Education

Finance

Manufacturing

Retail

Hospitality

Other (please specify)

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3. What is the size of your organisation? (select one) (Required.)

1-50 employees

51-250 employees

251-500 employees

501-1000 employees

Over 1000 employees

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4. What are the top three recruitment challenges your organisation has faced over the past 12 months? (select up to three) (Required.)

Attracting qualified candidates

High turnover rates

Limited budget for recruitment

Competition with other institutions

Inefficient recruitment processes

Lack of diversity across applications

Long hiring times

Difficulty in retaining hired staff

Low response rate to job postings

Inadequate recruitment technology/tools

Poor candidate experience

Other (please specify)

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5. How do these barriers effect your organisation? (select up to three) (Required.)

We are missing new business opportunities

We are unable to meet our growth plan / ambitions

We are spending more on retaining current talent

Current staff are taking on more work than they can handle

Staff morale is low

Other (please specify)

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6. What are the most important benefits to offer when hiring news staff? (select up to three) (Required.)

Comprehensive parental leave

A bonus or similar compensation scheme

Flexible / hybrid working arrangements

A competitive salary

Team socials / activities

A workplace health scheme

Above statutory holidays

Other (please specify)

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7. How do you currently manage your recruitment activity? (select one) (Required.)

HR software

Stand alone ATS

Other (please specify)

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8. Please specify the name of your current HR/ATS provider.

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9. How do you currently source candidates across your organisation? (select one) (Required.)

In-house - Direct sourcing

In-house - Supported by recruitment agencies

Outsourced

Combination of in-house and outsourced

Other (please specify)

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10. Over the last 12 months what has been the most successful attraction method that your organisation has used? (select one) (Required.)

Own website / careers site

Job boards (e.g. Indeed or CV Library)

Social media (e.g. LinkedIn, Meta)

Apprenticeships

Recruitment agencies / RPO

Employee referrals

Other (please specify)

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11. Which of the following form part of your current recruitment process? (select all that apply) (Required.)

Social media (e.g. LinkedIn, Meta)

Videos on job ads

Videos to promote employer brand

Candidate scoring / filtering

Telephone interviews

Video interviews

Online testing / assessments

Onboarding platforms

Other (please specify)

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12. How do you currently use artificial intelligence or machine learning in your recruitment process? (select all that apply) (Required.)

Workforce planning

Attraction (e.g. creation of job adverts)

Selection (e.g. chatbots or key criteria analysis)

Interviews (e.g. analyse interviews by body language or language used)

Scheduling (e.g. automatically create appointment times depending on availability)

Talent pool management (e.g. match opportunities to people in your database)

Onboarding (e.g. automated background checks or document creation)

We don't use AI or machine learning in our processes.

Other (please specify)

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13. How is the use of AI or machine learning impacting recruitment within your business? (select all that apply) (Required.)

AI is helping to filter out poor applications

It is speeding up the recruitment process

AI is removing bias within the team when reviewing applications

The volume of hiring managers' work is increasing as a result of AI-written applications

We actively avoid recruiting candidates that have used AI to write an application

AI has no impact on our recruitment processes

Other (please specify)

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14. What do you believe is going to be the biggest recruitment challenge in the next 12 months? (select up to three) (Required.)

Skills shortages

Reduced recruitment budgets

Employee retention

Unrealistic expectations of new hires

Economic uncertainty

Hybrid / remote working

Multi generation workforces

Other (please specify)

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15. Does your organisation collect data from any of the following areas to inform future recruitment decisions? (select all that apply) (Required.)

Equality and diversity efforts

Hiring manager feedback

Candidate experience

Conversion rates (application: interview: offer: hire: accept)

Time / cost per hire

Salary benchmarking

New hire retention / performance

We don't collect data to inform future recruitment decisions

Other (please specify)

Navigating recruitment challenges in today's workforce

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* 1. Please enter your full name and email address (Required.)

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* 2. What industry does your organisation belong to? (select one) (Required.)

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* 3. What is the size of your organisation? (select one) (Required.)

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* 4. What are the top three recruitment challenges your organisation has faced over the past 12 months? (select up to three) (Required.)

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* 5. How do these barriers effect your organisation? (select up to three) (Required.)

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* 6. What are the most important benefits to offer when hiring news staff? (select up to three) (Required.)

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* 7. How do you currently manage your recruitment activity? (select one) (Required.)

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* 8. Please specify the name of your current HR/ATS provider.

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* 9. How do you currently source candidates across your organisation? (select one) (Required.)

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* 10. Over the last 12 months what has been the most successful attraction method that your organisation has used? (select one) (Required.)

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* 11. Which of the following form part of your current recruitment process? (select all that apply) (Required.)

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* 12. How do you currently use artificial intelligence or machine learning in your recruitment process? (select all that apply) (Required.)

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* 13. How is the use of AI or machine learning impacting recruitment within your business? (select all that apply) (Required.)

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* 14. What do you believe is going to be the biggest recruitment challenge in the next 12 months? (select up to three) (Required.)

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* 15. Does your organisation collect data from any of the following areas to inform future recruitment decisions? (select all that apply) (Required.)

1. Please enter your full name and email address (Required.)

2. What industry does your organisation belong to? (select one) (Required.)

3. What is the size of your organisation? (select one) (Required.)

4. What are the top three recruitment challenges your organisation has faced over the past 12 months? (select up to three) (Required.)

5. How do these barriers effect your organisation? (select up to three) (Required.)

6. What are the most important benefits to offer when hiring news staff? (select up to three) (Required.)

7. How do you currently manage your recruitment activity? (select one) (Required.)

8. Please specify the name of your current HR/ATS provider.

9. How do you currently source candidates across your organisation? (select one) (Required.)

10. Over the last 12 months what has been the most successful attraction method that your organisation has used? (select one) (Required.)

11. Which of the following form part of your current recruitment process? (select all that apply) (Required.)

12. How do you currently use artificial intelligence or machine learning in your recruitment process? (select all that apply) (Required.)

13. How is the use of AI or machine learning impacting recruitment within your business? (select all that apply) (Required.)

14. What do you believe is going to be the biggest recruitment challenge in the next 12 months? (select up to three) (Required.)

15. Does your organisation collect data from any of the following areas to inform future recruitment decisions? (select all that apply) (Required.)