Risky Way to Hire: Sit Back and Wait
CFOs respond if they are more likely to wait for applications or actively recruit:
| 30% Much more likely to post the job and wait for applications |
| 35% Somewhat more likely to post the job and wait for applications |
| 17% Somewhat more likely to actively recruit people |
| 10% Much more likely to actively recruit people |
| 8% Use an equal mix of both approaches |
Workers respond if they are likely to consider a job offer from a recruiter who contacts them, even if they are not actively looking for work*:
| 22% Highly likely |
| 45% Somewhat likely |
| 17% Somewhat unlikely |
| 15% Very unlikely |
Source: Robert Half surveys of more than 2,200 CFOs and 1,000 workers age 18 and over in the U.S.
*Responses do not total 100 percent due to rounding.
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