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Identify sources of candidates

First  consideration  should  be  given  to  internal  

candidates.  In  addition,  it  is  always  worth  trying  

to  persuade  former  employees  to  return  to  the  

organization  or  obtain  suggestions  from  existing 

employees  (referrals).  Talent  banks  that  record  

candidate  details  electronically  can  be  maintained 

and referred to at this stage.

If  these  approaches  do  not  work,  the  sources  

of  candidates  are  online  recruiting,  social  media,  

advertising, recruitment agencies, job centres, con-

sultants, recruitment process outsourcing providers 

and  direct  approaches  to  educational  establish-

ments.  The  main  sources  used  by  employers,  as  

established by the 2013 CIPD survey, were:

 

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own corporate website – 62 per cent;

 

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recruitment agencies – 49 per cent;

 

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employee referral scheme – 33 per cent;

 

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professional networking, eg LinkedIn –  

32 per cent;

 

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commercial job boards – 32 per cent;

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