Agency Survey Results!

For a few weeks we saw a drop in the amount of applicants applying for our jobs so we thought we would investigate. We put together a survey of questions asking candidates how they look for jobs, their experience with agencies, what days of the week they look for jobs and so on. We put this together so we can find out the best way to target candidates and we got some interesting results. We sent the survey to every candidate who has ever registered with us ranging from not suitable to placed candidates. Of course not everyone completed the survey but we did get a fair amount of people who took part. We found out that candidates are still mostly looking for jobs through agencies but they found their last or current jobs through friends who have recommended them to families. Although many candidates rated their experience with agencies as excellent most of them rated their experience as good. Which is making us think of ways we could make their experiences different. We have always thought that candidates looked for jobs over the weekend and have mainly advertised every Friday. From the candidates who completed the survey the results show that Monday is the most popular day for searching for jobs with Saturday coming a close second. Our results show that Sunday is the least popular day for searching for jobs. We already knew that candidates recommend friends for jobs and to join agencies,our results showed that this is correct. Interestingly candidates also recommend families to join agencies to search for employees. With candidates recommending friends and families they have worked for to join agencies there seems to be a lot of work to be done all round to attract candidates and make their experiences better. It has given us food for thought! Watch this space for the results of candidates favourite agency!