Job Boards / Sites have been growing on a steady clip in the last 5 years — I’ve been putting together some of the numbers from CareerXRoads – who seem to be one of the only sites online that compile year to year statistics of Job Source of Hire statistics (anyone know any other statistic sources?). Very interesting – over the last 5 years, not much has really changed in terms of the distribution of where jobs are sourced from.
| Source of Hire (External Hires) |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
| Referalls |
25.6 |
27.1 |
31.7 |
28.5 |
26.6 |
|
| Company Website |
20.7 |
12.2 |
15.8 |
20.6 |
15.5 |
12.76 |
| Job Boards |
12.3 |
12.6 |
15.8 |
10.3 |
11.5 |
7.7 |
| Print/Media |
6.9 |
4.6 |
5.5 |
3.8 |
4.8 |
|
| Direct Sourcing |
6.4 |
7.4 |
6 |
2.6 |
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| Re-hires |
5.2 |
|||||
| 3rd Party Agencies |
4.8 |
5.2 |
3.2 |
1.2 |
||
| College |
3.8 |
8 |
5.6 |
2.4 |
||
| Career Fairs |
2.7 |
5.2 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
3.2 |
|
| Temp-To-Hire |
2.3 |
3.2 |
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| Search Engine Advertising |
2 |
|||||
| Walk-ins |
0.5 |
4.2 |
||||
| Other |
7 |
10.5 |
15.2 |
26.9 |
38.4 |
|
| total |
100.2 |
100.2 |
102 |
99.1 |
100 |
I think what will really push the needle (for job boards to become a bigger player) is to build a tool that will connect and match recruiters and employers to higher quality job seekers. Ideally a computer agent that sorts through the marketplace of jobs and job seekers and brings together the relevent parties. We’re hoping to do this by connecting compatible job seekers and employers.
