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E-Recruitment Market Assessment

Published by: Key Note Publications Ltd

Published: Jun. 1, 2005


Table of Contents







ONLINE IS NICHE BUT MOVING INTO THE MAINSTREAM

IT IS BOTH ONLINE AND OFFLINE

FROM QUANTITY TO QUALITY

STRONG FUTURE GROWTH BUT A NEW BUSINESS MODEL

1. Introduction

BACKGROUND

DEFINITION

2. Strategic Overview

MARKET DYNAMICS AND SEGMENTATION

E-Recruitment: From Niche to Mainstream in Less than a Decade

Table 1: Estimated Expenditure on Recruitment Classified Advertising on the Internet (£m), 1999-2004

Table 2: Methods Used to Recruit Staff (% of employers), 2002 and 2004

JOBSITE METRICS

Table 3: Number of Internet and Jobsite Users (million and %), July 2000-April 2005

Table 4: Number of Online Job Seekers and Job Finders in Great Britain (million and %), February 2003-February 2005

Table 5: Jobsite Metrics (million), 2002-2004

MOVING ALONG THE RECRUITMENT CHAIN

FROM E-RECRUITING TO E-HR

ONLINE AND OFFLINE: THE PERFECT MATCH

Table 6: Methods Other Than the Internet Used for Job Hunting by Jobsite Users (%), October 2002 and October 2004

Table 7: Preferred Method of Finding a Job by Jobsite Users (%), October 2002 and October 2004

3. Competitive Structure

OFFLINE SWALLOWS ONLINE

SECTOR FOCUS OF JOBSITES

Table 8: Breakdown of UK Jobsites by Type (number of sites), February 2003 and April 2005

THE MAJOR JOBSITES

By Unique Users

Table 9: The Top 15 Jobsites Ranked by Unique Users† (% of unique users), 2004

By Page Impressions

Table 10: The Top 20 Jobsites Ranked by Average Page Impressions (% of page impressions), 2004

By Average Job Advertisements

Table 11: The Top 20 Jobsites Ranked by Average Job Advertisements on Site per Month (% of job advertisements), 2004

ADVERTISING AND PROMOTION

Media Used for Job Advertisements

Table 12: Main Reason Jobsite Users Use a Particular Site (%), October 2004

CONTACTING CLIENTS

JOBSITE USERS

4. Market Drivers

INTRODUCTION

EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS: HAS THE TIDE TURNED?

Table 13: Labour Market Trends in the UK (number and %), 1999/2000-2004/2005

INTERNET USAGE STILL ON THE UP

GENERAL RECRUITMENT INDUSTRY TRENDS

Table 14: Turnover of UK Recruitment Agencies (£m), 2000-2004

5. SWOT Analysis

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

6. PEST Analysis

POLITICAL FACTORS

Government Policy Affects the Labour Market

More Jobs in Education and the NHS

Generic Employment Legislation

Non-Discrimination

The Employment Act July 2002

Skills Task Force

Licensing of Agencies

Current Legislation

The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations 2004 (EAA Regulations)

The EU Agency Workers Directive

The Data Protection Act 1998

ECONOMIC FACTORS

The Labour Market Drives the Business in the Short Term

SOCIAL FACTORS

The Growth of Part-Time and Flexible Working

Candidates Must be Able to Work in Teams

Changing Demographics

The Growing Importance of Women and Childcare Facilities

The `Sandwich' Generation

`Portfolio Careers'

The Rise of the Information Society

The Growth of the Internet

Business Reasons for Using a Jobsite

Outsourcing

TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS

7. Recruiter Strategies

INTRODUCTION

INTEGRATING THE INTERNET INTO BACK-OFFICE OPERATIONS

CLIENT FOCUS: PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS RISE UP THE AGENDA

IMPROVING CANDIDATE QUALITY

EASING THE PROCESS OF JOB POSTING

CLIENT RECRUITERS

PUBLIC SECTOR GETS IN ON THE ACT

Table 15: Summary of Online Methods to Attract Applicants (% of employers), 2004

KEY TRENDS IN RECRUITER ONLINE TECHNIQUES

Psychometric Applicant Screening and Testing

Table 16: The Proportion of Employers Using Online Tests (Selection/Self Selection) for Choosing Applicants (%), 2002 and 2004

Applicant Screening and Testing Software

Back-Office Systems

Application Service Providers

HR-XML

8. Site User Dynamics

INTRODUCTION

WHO ARE ONLINE SITE USERS?

Age and Experience

Table 17: Age and Work Experience of Online Jobsite Users (years and £), October 2002 and October 2004

VISITING JOBSITES

Table 18: Characteristics of Adults Visiting a Jobsite/Careers Site or Searching for Jobs Online in the Past 3 Months (% of respondents), 2005

WHY ARE JOBSITES USED?

Table 19: Why Jobsite Users Visit Internet Careers/Jobsites (% of those who have visited Internet sites offering jobs or searched for jobs on the Internet), 2003 and 2005

Table 20: Characteristics of Jobsite Users Who Visit an Internet Careers/Jobsite for Job-Related Reasons (% of respondents†), 2005

SITE LOYALTY

Table 21: Number of Online Recruitment Sites Visited While Looking for a Job (% of Internet jobsite users), October 2004

THE SKILLS IN DEMAND

Table 22: Industry Sector in Which Job Seekers' Employers Operate (% of users), Winter 2005

Table 23: What Role Do Jobseekers Do? (% of users), Winter 2005

9. Site Strategies

POTENTIAL PRESSURE FROM ABOVE

ACTUAL PRESSURE FROM BELOW

NICHE SITES OFFER TARGETED CAREERS ADVICE AND INFORMATION

HIT FROM THE SIDE

CUSTOMER SERVICE A GROWING STRATEGIC FOCUS

GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION

CONSOLIDATION

PROFILES OF MAJOR SITES

Britishjobs.net Ltd (www.britishjobs.net)

Elustra Ltd (www.gumtree.com)

Eurojobs.com Ltd (www.eurojobs.com)

fish4 trading Ltd (www.fish4jobs.co.uk)

Graduate Prospects Ltd (www.prospects.ac.uk)

Guardian Media Group PLC

The hotgroup

Online Recruitment

Traditional Recruitment

The Internet Corporation Ltd

JustJobNetwork Ltd (www.JobsGroup.net)

Monster Worldwide

Nature Publishing Group (www.naturejobs.com)

NursingNet Ltd (www.healthjobsuk.com)

The Potential Job Board Company Ltd

Reed Executive PLC

topjobs.co.uk Ltd

Other Top 20 Sites

10. The Future

A POSITIVE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT

KEY TRENDS

FORECASTS

Table 24: Forecast Number of Internet and Jobsite Users (million and %), 2005/2006-2009/2010

Table 25: Forecast Expenditure on Recruitment Classified Advertising on the Internet (£m), 2005-2009

11. Further Sources

Publications

General Sources

Other Sources

Abstract

ONLINE IS NICHE BUT MOVING INTO THE MAINSTREAM

Online recruitment is a candidate-driven market and there are now 16.8 million jobsite users in Great Britain out of approximately 30.6 million adults accessing the Internet.

However, it would be wrong to think of e-recruitment as a central focus of recruitment activity in the UK, although it is true to say that online recruitment has become a strategically important media to fulfil vacancies by both recruitment agencies and, more recently, employers. While online recruitment spending pales into significance against the revenue generated annually by recruitment agencies, the use of e-recruitment is rapidly expanding.



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