Recruitment survey 2024
The HR & Compliance Centre survey on recruitment in UK organisations. The survey is based on responses from 192 organisations.
Survey questions
- What is your organisation's recruitment approach for leadership in 2024?
- What is your organisation's recruitment approach for people managers in 2024?
- What is your organisation's recruitment approach for staff in 2024?
- What is your organisation's recruitment approach for graduates in 2024?
- What is your organisation's recruitment approach for apprentices in 2024?
- How will the overall number of permanent employees your organisation is looking to recruit in the 2024 calendar year change from the number recruited last year?
- How will the overall number of temporary employees your organisation is looking to recruit in the 2024 calendar year change from the number recruited last year?
- Thinking ahead to 2025, what do you expect your organisation's approach to recruitment to be in comparison to 2024?
- Overall, how would you rate your organisation's recruitment in terms of sourcing quality hires?
- How often are job adverts checked to ensure they are objective and specific?
- How often are job adverts checked for bias?
- How often do job adverts include salaries or pay ranges?
- How often do job adverts include details of benefit offerings?
- How often do job adverts include details of flexible working arrangements?
- How often do job adverts provide candidates clear timelines and expectations about the process?
- How often are job adverts posted on a variety of different platforms?
- How often do interviews follow a set structure?
- How often are interviews are carried out by a panel?
- How often are skills-based assessments conducted?
- How often does your organisation provide feedback on interview performance?
- How often does your organisation request feedback from candidates on the recruitment process?
- How does your organisation onboard new employees?
- How many applications does your organisation typically receive per leadership vacancy, on average?
- How many applications does your organisation typically receive per people manager vacancy, on average?
- How many applications does your organisation typically receive per staff vacancy, on average?
- How many candidates does your organisation typically interview per leadership vacancy, on average?
- How many candidates does your organisation typically interview per people manager vacancy, on average?
- How many candidates does your organisation typically interview per staff vacancy, on average?
- Once it has been decided that a leadership vacancy exists, how many weeks (on average) does it typically take your organisation to make a job offer to a successful applicant?
- Once it has been decided that a people manager vacancy exists, how many weeks (on average) does it typically take your organisation to make a job offer to a successful applicant?
- Once it has been decided that a staff vacancy exists, how many weeks (on average) does it typically take your organisation to make a job offer to a successful applicant?
- What is the cost per vacancy (on average) for filling leadership roles at your organisation, not including HR time?
- What is the cost per vacancy (on average) for filling people manager roles at your organisation, not including HR time?
- What is the cost per vacancy (on average) for filling staff roles at your organisation, not including HR time?
- What problems has your organisation experienced when recruiting new employees over the past 12 months?
- What skills has your organisation found it hard to recruit for over the past 12 months?
- What adjustments has your organisation made in order to deal with challenges in recruitment?
- In which areas is your organisation focusing on in order to improve employee retention?