Candidate sourcing - whose job is it anyway?

The 2016 Candidate Attraction Report has revealed some interesting insights on candidate sourcing in the UK. The report- drawn up from a survey of over 600 UK in-house and agency recruiters, has provided information on the role of social media in candidate attraction strategies, as well as the (perhaps surprising) importance of blogging regularly.

But one aspect of candidate attraction we are yet to explore is who is responsible for sourcing candidates? And does this responsibility shift with size and sector?

 In the SME space HR play a major role in sourcing candidates. In organisations under 1000 employees, roughly half of all companies use HR Generalists to source candidates.  

But as companies increase in scale the responsibility shifts more toward dedicated Recruiters, TA Specialists and Resourcers. 88% of organisations with over 10,000 employees use specialists, compared with just 33% of smaller enterprises.