Global Recruiting Trends Survey 2008

Thank you for taking a few minutes to provide some feedback on global or international recruiting trends.

This survey is designed primarily for corporate staffing department professionals, recruiters and HR leadership within organizations (profit, not-for-profit, or government agencies) located anywhere in the world. Some questions are focused on US-based recruiting professionals. Some questions may not be applicable to third-party, contracted, or outsourced recruiting service firms. If this applies to you, please complete the survey as best as possible.

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1. Considering the future of your organization over the next three years, rate how important recruiting candidates FROM other countries TO RELOCATE TO YOUR COUNTRY will be to meeting your recruiting goals.

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2. Considering the future of your organization over the next three years, rate how important recruiting candidates IN other countries TO WORK IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY will be to meeting your recruiting goals.

Choose one:

3. Please indicate which best describes how your organization's global or international recruiting is managed. Please choose all that apply.

Choose all that apply:

Processes are common and integrated into our overall recruiting practices

Processes are local and separated from our overall recruiting practices

Governance and/or policies are managed from the corporate level

Governance and/or policies are managed at the local/regional level

We do not have any applicable recruiting policies

Don't know

Other, please specify...

4. Which of the following best describes how your organization's talent strategy or mission is managed globally?

Choose one:

We do not have a talent strategy that is commonly understood

Universally adopted across all regions

Each region operates under their own strategy/mission

There is a blend between corporate elements with regional flexibility to adapt

Other, please specify...

5. Overall, what are your greatest challenges to creating a world class global recruiting practice?

6. Which of the following best describes your recruiting budget?

Choose one:

Budget is allocated for domestic recruiting only. There is no non-domestic recruiting budget.

Total domestic and non-domestic recruiting budget is controlled at corporate

Domestic and non-domestic recruiting budget is controlled regionally/locally based upon need

Don't know

Other, please specify...

7. What percent of your organization's overall recruiting budget is used on global recruiting?
Choose one:

Choose one:

8. Please allocate the percentage of your global recruiting that is done by each of the following.

Please enter a number in each applicable box with your total allocation not to exceed 100.

Regular employees in the U.S.?

Third party firm/RPO in the U.S.?

Regular employees in the country/region recruiting for?

Third party firm/RPO in the country/region recruiting for?

9. If you are a US-based recruiter, how frequently do you source global candidates for US-based positions?

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10. If you are a US-based recruiter sourcing global candidates for US-based positions, do you anticipate your international or global recruiting efforts in 2008 to...

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11. If you are an international recruiter, how frequently do you source candidates from other countries or regions for your local positions?

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12. If you are an international recruiter sourcing candidates from other countries or regions for your local positions, do you anticipate your international or global recruiting efforts in 2008 to...

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13. Which best describes how your organization's overall retention rates compare between domestic and non-domestic locations?

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14. What are your current, overall retention rates for each location?

Please enter a figure that represents the retention percentage.

Domestic
Non-domestic

15. How concerned are you with your current domestic retention rate?

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16. How concerned are you with your current non-domestic retention rate?

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17. What are some of the methods you are using to prevent turnover in either domestic or non-domestic locations?

18. How effective do you think your turnover prevention methods you described in the previous question are at reducing turnover?

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19. How important is it that recruiters in your organization are culturally competent and aware of all of the laws of the country in which they recruit?

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20. How would you rate your own cultural competence and awareness of local recruiting practices for the non-domestic countries or regions you recruit in or from?

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21. How would you rate other recruiters in your organization regarding their cultural competence and awareness of local recruiting practices for the non-domestic countries or regions they recruit in or from?

Choose one:

22. If you have an Applicant Tracking System, which of the following best describes how it is implemented and managed?

Choose one:

The same throughout the world with required adaptations for local/regional laws, etc.

Only implemented domestically with corporate control.

Different systems are in use in different countries and regions. No corporate oversight.

Don't know/not applicable

Other, please specify...

23. Please indicate if your recruiting web site or your Applicant Tracking System is available to candidates in each of the following languages.

Web site Applicant
Tracking System Both Neither/none

English

Afrikaans

Arabic

Bengali

Chinese

Czech

Dutch

French

German

Hindi/Urdu

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Malay-Indonesian

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Vietnamese

24. Please list any other language(s) and which technology (your recruiting web site or your Applicant Tracking System) it is written in.

25. If your recruiting web site is in English only, which best describes your organization's plans to make your recruiting web site available in other languages?

Choose one:

No multilingual plans in the foreseeable future

No multilingual plans in 2008, but expect to do so in the next 2-3 years

Will add other languages in 2008

Don't know

26. If your Applicant Tracking System is in English only, which best describes your organization's plans to make your applicant tracking system available in other languages?

Choose one:

No multilingual plans in the foreseeable future

No multilingual plans in 2008, but expect to do so in the next 2-3 years

Will add other languages in 2008

Don't know

27. What are top TWO biggest obstacles to implementing a global web site?

Please choose no more than TWO:

Budget/Cost

Governance

Legalities

Motivation of recruiting leadership

Lack of perceived benefit/need

Belief that candidates do not have access

No obstacles because we do not have a strong sourcing need

No obstacles because we do not recruit globally

We have no obstacles for implementing a global web site at all

Other, please specify...

28. Please indicate from where your organization tracks its recruiting metrics.

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29. What percentage of your total employee base is global/non-domestic?

Choose one:

30. Over the last fiscal year, what percentage of your hires was comprised from each of the following categories of people OUTSIDE of the US?

None Less than 5% 6 - 10% 11 - 25% 26 - 50% 51% or more Don't know

Full-time

Hourly

Part-time

College/university graduates

31. If you are a US-based recruiter sourcing candidates from other countries for US-based jobs, what types of positions are you most frequently looking to fill?

Choose all that apply:

Targeted, specialized, highly skilled technical position, i.e. software engineer with Oracle expertise

General, highly skilled technical position, i.e. general software engineer or medical doctor

Targeted, specialized, non-technical professional (i.e. chartered accountant/CPA, project manager, etc.)

General, non-technical professional (i.e. HR, marketing, etc.)

Senior leadership/management

Other, please specify...

32. Which best describes your firm's current college recruiting activities?

Choose one:

No college recruiting at all

College recruiting in domestic markets only

College recruiting in non-domestic markets only

College recruiting in both domestic and non-domestic markets

Don't know

33. Tell us about the issues you are facing with regard to global recruiting. Use the space provided to share your successes, issues, problems, concerns, or questions on the issue.

34. Which best describes your role or job?

Choose one:

College recruiter

General recruiter

Hiring manager

Contract recruiter

Training/employee development

Sourcing specialist/researcher

HR generalist

Manager or Director of Staffing or HR

Human Resources Vice President or SVP

Recruiting/Staffing Consultant

Other non-HR corporate professional (i.e. marketing, business development, operations)

Other, please specify...

35. Please enter the name of the country in which you are primarily located yourself.
(Please complete this question thoroughly. Do not leave this blank.)

36. Is your organization multinational, with a location in at least one other country?

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37. Please indicate your experience level in the industry.

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38. Please indicate the total number of people your organization employs.

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39. Please indicate the approximate size of your company (gross revenues):

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