Recruiting personnel in a tight labour market: an analysis of employers’ behavior

Purpose – During recent years, the Dutch labour market has developed from a buyers’ market into a sellers’ market. Consequently employers had to increase their efforts to find suitable staff. This paper aims to analyse the instruments employers use to contact with potential workers. To what extent do employers still rely on traditional means like advertisements in the paper or do they behave more actively, using the world wide web, visiting job fares et cetera. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a survey among more than 1,000 employers in The Netherlands. Factor analyses and r... Mehr ...