HR: Leading People, Leading Organizations © 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: December 15, 2006 Recruiting Methods Sample comprised of 277 randomly selected HR professionals. Analyzing 277 out of s sent, s received (response rate = 11%) Survey fielded between December 15 – ; presentation generated on January 5, Margin of error is +/- 5%. Page 1

HR: Leading People, Leading Organizations © 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: December 15, 2006 Effective Recruiting Methods ExecutivesManagersProfessionals Headhunters60%27%22% Personal contacts/networking58%67%65% Referrals44%56%61% Agencies26%23%27% Internet job postings30%66%68% Professional and/or trade journals24%32%40% Internet advertisements14%33% Job applications online or website14%36%43% Newspapers14%37%46% Community organizations10%19%24% International newspapers8%5%4% Places of worship5%9% Note: Data sorted in descending order by Executives. Percentages does not total 100% as multiple responses were allowed. Page 2

HR: Leading People, Leading Organizations © 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: December 15, 2006 Effective Recruiting Methods continued Page 3 ExecutivesManagersProfessionals General public5%16%23% Minority job fairs3%13%20% Job fairs1%14%27% Job Hotlines1%8%10% Open houses1%5%10% Walk-in-traffic1%4%6% Blogs (weblogs - personal journals available on the web) 1%2%7% Temp to hire6%21% Other1%2% Note: Data sorted in descending order by Executives. Percentages does not total 100% as multiple responses were allowed. Other category include internal promotions, Internet resume database search. Blank cells indicate value less than 1%.