Recruitment expertise

When working with StepStone you can always rely on your trusted StepStone contact for help and support.

Over the years we've built up a unique expertise that's shared by all our employees. We've acquired this expertise by doing what we're good at, learning through market research, and listening to our customers and job seekers.

Recruitment surveys and tips

We regularly poll the market to keep up to date with the latest recruitment trends. Using the results from our surveys we can react quickly when the market changes, and continue to improve our products and services.

This valuable information is something we want to share with everyone who’s interested in the latest recruitment trends. But perhaps more importantly, we aim to distil useful conclusions and top tips for our customers to help you in your recruitment efforts.

Below you'll find an overview of some of the most recent survey results.

Sept. 2009 - StepStone survey uncovers changing job search behaviour as recruitment markets pick up across Europe

Online job boards are now Europe’s most important means of finding employment, say candidates surveyed
Two-thirds of organisations are planning to increase recruitment within the next 12 months; one-fifth will be creating new positions
Survey highlights “information gap” – employees’ information needs are not met by many job advertisements

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Nov. 2009 - StepStone survey reveals how application experiences for organisations and job seekers have changed.

Organisations experience a sharp increase in number of applications whereas the quality of applications doesn't follow through
(Non-)communication during the application process can make or break a company's image
Online researching on applicants background is widely adopted

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European StepStone survey reveals social networks aren't yet up to speed compared with other recruitment channels

social media are an addition rather than a replacement for existing recruitment channels
job seekers are wary of social media used for recruitment purposes
social media deliver lower ROI compared to other recruitment channels

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