Recruitment can be an expensive task. Maximising job board coverage can cost hundreds of pounds and Recruitment Agencies regularly bill thousands of pounds for a successful candidate placement. 

According to Recruitment & HR specialists Quarsh the average cost to recruit in-house is around 12% of an employees starting salary with outsourced methods such as a Recruitment Agency costing as much as 22%. 

Would you like to reduce your recruitment costs? Here's 7 leading job boards that could potentially help you hire for free! 

With a shortfall in skills sets across the nation and a whopping 32.3 million of us in employment recruiting for niche roles/ skills is no easy feat.   

If you regularly find yourself with an inbox full of job requisitions for challenging roles then these eight job boards could help you place your advert in the right place, at the right time.

Not sure which job boards to use to get the most "bang for your buck"? Looking for a cheaper alternative to recruitment agencies? If the answer to either of those questions was "yes", you're in the right place.

In today's article we've compiled the 6 most popular paid job boards amongst both recruiters and candidates to help you hire talent faster, for less.

With most applications now coming from online sources such as job boards, social media and career sites it's never been more important to have the right digital technology to support your business hiring. 

Many moons ago recruiting was far from rocket science. Hiring Managers would simply place an advert in the local newspaper and be inundated with response. Fast forward a decade job seeking behaviour and our approach to candidate attraction could not be more alien. 

Attracting and recruiting talent is tough. Record levels of employment, skill shortages, Brexit uncertainty and the rise of the 'Digital Age' have all impacted our approach to candidate attraction and recruitment. 

The modern-day recruiter has been forced to adapt their skill set accordingly. We're no longer just a skill assessor or an applicant processor. We're a psychologist, a marketer and a detective, tasked with making recruitment more efficient and effective. 

With an ever-evolving candidate landscape and a wide array of digital channels at our disposal, how do you identify the right recruitment tools for your business? 

Compete & Attract more Talent

When competing against 'market leaders' for talent what can you do? Firstly, let's start with what not to do.

Sometimes, for whatever reason a recruitment campaign fails. It's not ideal but hey, these things happen. Even a genius can fail from time-to-time. 

For a lot of recruiters the natural reaction is to increase the advertised salary to 'appeal to more candidates'. They'll scour their competitors sites for vacancies, identify the salary discrepancy and presume the salary must be the catalyst to candidate attraction. 

Identify & Recruit  More Talent

94% of high-growth businesses say identifying and recruiting talent is vital for the future growth of the business. And rightly so, without an influx of talent it's near impossible to keep up with business demands. 

When it's time to recruit, most businesses use job boards to bring in the bulk of their applications. Job boards can deliver great results even in the current market. However, for a lot of businesses job boards are delivering mixed results. What if I told you there was a way to increase your response, identify talent quicker and recruit successfully? Here's 3 quick wins to identifying and recruiting more talent. 

Never underestimate the power a career site yields in the candidate attraction process. They can make or break a recruitment process. And below, we've listed the top 5 benefits of having a career site. 

When it comes to candidate experience a large proportion of businesses reserve their 'experience' for those who've earned themselves an interview. But what about those who didn't make the cut? 

According to Workopolis only 2% of applicants get to interview stage. It's a candidate led market out there and to neglect unsuccessful candidates can have a detrimental affect on your brand. According to job board Monster, 33% of candidates who have a negative experience plan to share their experience on social media. 

By having a high quality career site in place businesses are able to increase SEO, better compete for talent and ultimately reduce recruitment costs.

A recent study by Zety found that 77% of job seekers visit a company website to look for jobs, in turn career sites account for 27.35% of all hires. Sounds great right? Unfortunately, creating a top- notch career isn't an easy feat. 90% of career page visitors leave without applying (source workable).