Research & Reports Directory
Bringing you the talent acquisition benchmark data you need. Our research stems from member-requested real-time surveys and CXR’s observations in the recruiting industry. Browse through our research reports below.
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Candidate Digital Competencies
We all agree that our firms have to adapt to emerging technology in order to succeed in the 21st century ...

Employee Referral Programs
In our January release of the complete review (over 30 questions) of corporate Employee Referral Programs (ERP), we uncovered interesting ...

Rethinking Recruiting Structure
In the first half of 2016, no other topic has been hotter than that of organizational structure within recruiting. CareerXroads ...

Employee Networks
Employee Networks, operating independently from an employer’s organizational structure but with tacit support and approval, have been an critical indicator ...

Internal Mobility
Ask any human resources or talent acquisition leader to list the most important assets within their organization and you can ...

Internships
Internship Benchmark ReviewFor many enterprise organizations internships are the lifeblood of advanced workforce planning and leadership development programs around the world ...

Culinary Recruitment
This Culinary Recruiting Challenges report walks readers through sourcing for culinary recruiting, top qualifications sought, and addresses some challenges that ...

Diversity Expectations
Who, if not recruiters and the talent acquisition function within an organization, has the ultimate ability to help ensure that ...

Recruiter Capacity
There's one question among talent acquisition leaders and professionals with as many answers as the frequency of which it is ...

Sourcing Investments
For as long as many in the industry can remember, they've been trying to successfully track "source of hire" data ...

Campus Recruiting Models
Whether companies have undergone a recruiting re-org around campus efforts, built dedicated campus teams, or are simply leveraging internal non-recruiting ...

Alumni Programs
Tapping into alumni for recruiting has long been a strategy of many companies. So while 50% of CareerXroads member companies ...