San Diego Recruiters Roundtable (SDRR), a network of over 425 HR Professionals in San Diego who share information and network via www.sdrecruiters.com has published its 3rd Quarter survey of its HR members. While the full survey results are limited to SDRR members, the organization is releasing their Key Metric Trends for San Diego’s HR and Business Community that were extracted from the organization’s 3rd Quarter survey.

Members were surveyed on topics that HR professionals and Business Executives want to access on a regular basis to be ”in the know” on what is happening right now in our community. SDRR continues to track and report these key metric trends for San Diego on a Quarterly Basis.  Julie Magnuson, Founder and Chairperson of SDRR, reports “We are thrilled with this quarter’s Key Metric Trends survey results. It is exciting to see San Diego businesses reporting growth and improved employee satisfaction. We hope this is a sign of a promising 2010!”

Key Metric Trends Survey Highlights:

Employers reported that the average “time to fill” (from job requisition approval to offer accepted) was 40 days.

Cost per hire (Agency fees, Retained/Executive Search fees ,Advertising ,Job Posting fees, Job Fairs, Networking Events (for fee) Referral Bonuses, travel expenses, VISA related fees) average for Q3 was $1,500.00

75% reported that headcount remained the same or increased over Q2!

33% reported they relocated new employees to San Diego from other geographical regions; Of those employees that were relocated to San Diego, 40% were international!

25% reported they sponsored Visas for international hires.

Employers rank Referrals and their own Corporate Websites as the most effective means of sourcing candidates, while Social Networking continues to move to the front of the line as a viable recruiting tool….. 50% employers said they use Social Networking to find candidates.

Employee Satisfaction and Employee Engagement are on the rise! 86% of employers reported employee satisfaction was up and 90% reported employee engagement was up! Related to employee satisfaction & engagement, Turnover for Q3 was 7.6% which is relatively low in any industry!

San Diego Recruiters Roundtable surveys its members on a quarterly basis. For more information on SDRR or for membership details, please click on www.sdrecruiters.com and click Join SDRR Now! For questions regarding SDRR’s Quarterly Surveys, please contact Carole Trilling, SDRR VP of Programs at carole@thealliancegroup.cc. More information regarding Carole and the entire SDRR Board of Directors is located on our website.