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.

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.

Recruitment surveys

Employer brand 2011

Employer brand plays a key role in attracting the attention of prospective employees. Discover what applicants are looking for in an employer and how to build your employer brand.

July 2011 - read more

Search & application 2010-2011

The annual recruitment survey reveals that the War for Talent is well and truly back on. Discover useful insights and recommendations to win this war in this report.

December 2010 - read more

ROI of social media in recruitment

This survey reports why, how and when job seekers and recruiters use social media. Moreover, it sheds a light on the return on investment of social networks in terms of recruitment.

March 2010 - read more

Application experiences

Discover startling insights to evaluate and optimize your current application procedures. This report covers the evolution in application behavior, communication experiences and the search for candidate information.

November 2009 - read more

Search behavior

Job search behavior changes as recruitment markets pick up across Europe. Clever use of media and the right content will be vital for employers to retain an edge on their competitors.

September 2009 - read more

Recruitment tips

• How to set up a killer online job advert
• Checklist for an online job advert
• Copywriting an online job advert
• High search results for your online job advert
• Layout tips for an online job ad
• Html tips for an online job ad
• Tips for using social media in recruitment
• Tips for countering the War for Talent
• Tips for recruiters participating in a job fair

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