Employers are again facing a recruiting period in which there are not enough qualified employees to fill job openings. Although there are many sourcing options such as third party recruiters (also known as headhunters) and referral systems, a new report indicates that entry level career sites such as CollegeRecruiter.com, other job boards, and employment web sites are the top sourcing tools used today. According to Madeline Tarquinio, research analyst and author of the report, "Companies rely on job boards and employment web sites over other sourcing tools because they save money and time."

Tarquinio found that forward looking companies using job boards and employment websites are moving away from relying on third party recruiters:

• 56 percent of the companies that invested in general job boards and 67 percent that invested in niche job boards also emphasized strategic, long-term workforce planning.
  
• 56 percent of the companies that used job boards and employment web sites also made creating a talent pool of both active and passive candidates a priority.
  
• Only 6 percent of the companies that invested in job boards also invested in third party recruiters and 10 percent of the companies that used employment websites invested in third party recruiters.