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Methods Used for Recruiting <br />80 <br />70 <br />60 <br />50 <br />40 <br />30 <br />20 <br />10 <br />0 <br />Word of Mouth (73.1 %) <br />■ Internet Postings (49.5 %) <br />■ Local Newspapers (47.5 %) <br />■ Employment Security <br />Commission (45.1 %) <br />■ Recruiting Agencies /Temp <br />Services (37.4 %) <br />■ Social Networking (31.2 %) <br />Category 1 <br />Methods Used for Recruiting Efforts <br />Employers identified word of mouth as their primary source for recruiting <br />followed by Internet Postings. The use of Social Networking is becoming <br />more popular and is used overall by 31.2% of employers as a recruiting <br />tool and 47% of the Professional Services sector use social networking <br />for recruiting. A few small employers commented that Word of Mouth <br />recruiting is very effective, indicating that without a human resources <br />department to handle recruiting they were not equipped to handle the <br />volume of inquiries that would be generated using other methods. The <br />statistics showed that 81 % of the Retail Sales and Services sector <br />recruited by word of mouth. <br />"Our best employees come from intercompany <br />assistance or by word of mouth. " <br />1 -4 Page 291 <br />