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The numbers never lie New Recruiting & Retention Survey sheds light on key issues in finding, hiring, and keeping the best talent in the design industry.
O ne thing I enjoy about working here at Zweig Group is that we offer a variety of services and products meant to help firms in the design industry do the best job possible, both internally and externally. We have many publications addressing everything from salaries, policies, procedures, and benefits, to recruitment and retention, with everything in between.
Randy Wilburn
1) More than half (55 percent) of firms polled have hired an executive search firm in the last two years. This statistic interests me not just because I am a recruiter but because we are starting to see more companies create in-house recruitment teams with one or more full-time recruiters on staff. This approach can benefit larger firms that are trying to keep their cost per hire in line. There will always be a need for recruiters because you may want to pursue someone that you can’t because of a peer firm rela- tionship. Trust me these things can be problematic if not handled the right way. If you don’t use a recruiter, you will have to figure out a way to get the word out about your open posi- tions. A well-placed job posting can make the differ- ence. According to the design firms polled, 71 per- cent said the best place to post jobs was on Linke- dIn, and, believe it or not, Facebook was second at 22 percent. Career Builder, the Craigslist local job postings, and Indeed.com, round out the top five.
The data and information we compile helps paint a picture of how your peer firms are doing in the design industry. We compile our surveys to help create benchmarks for achievement and goal setting. We recently completed the 2016 Recruitment & Retention Survey of AEP & Environmental Consulting Firms . We uncovered plenty of great statistics and information that give us a glimpse of where things are going in terms of talent acquisition. This survey applies to a broad audience in the design industry. The largest group, firms from 51 to 200 people, comprised 41 percent of the poll, while the second largest group, firms from 11 to 50 people, comprised 30 percent. Here are five important findings from this report that may affect the way you recruit and retain good people in the future:
See RANDY WILBURN, page 8
THE ZWEIG LETTER March 28, 2016, ISSUE 1145
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