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 2nd Quarter survey of its HR members. While the survey results are limited to SDRR members, the organization is releasing some trends for San Diego’s HR and Business Community that were extracted from the surveys from the first 2 quarters of 2009.

• The largest demographic of company size who responded to both surveys was over 250 employees
• 50% of respondents worked in either the High Tech or Biotech/Pharma industry
• Where is San Diego HR Community finding new talent for Recruiting? Top Recruiting sources, Q1 vs Q2
Q1 (out of 13 choices)                        Q2 (out of 17 choices)
#1  Employee Referrals                           #1  Employee Referrals
#2  Monster                                                  #2  Craig’s List
#3  Craig’s List                                             #3  Company Website*
#4  SDRR Job Board                                  #4  Monster
#5  LinkedIn                                                 #5  Staffing Agencies*
#6  Careerbuilder                                       #6  LinkedIn
#7  Dice                                                           #7  SDRR Job Board
#8 BioSpace                                                    #8 Dice
                                                               *Newly added category for Q2

• 2nd Quarter saw an decrease of 4% in Lay Offs reported by members (32% reported RIF in Q1 vs. 28% in Q2)
• Those companies who had a Lay Off, the trend in severance is 1 week per year of service. In Q1, 16.6% of companies reimbursed affected employees for up to 3 months of COBRA, while that dropped to 9.6% of companies in Q2
• 35% of respondents reported salary freezes in both Q1 & Q2 surveys. No change
• Merit pools are trending at 3-4% in both Q1 & Q2 surveys. No change
• Overall, companies reported a 10% reduction in giving employee salary increases in Q2
• Q2 saw an increase companies that delayed or skipped Performance Reviews as a cost savings measure
• While outsourced training is down significantly in both quarters, in-house training increased 15% in Q2
• 10 companies in Q2 eliminated their 401k match
• Top 5 perks cut to save money? Q1 vs. Q2:
Q1                                                                                               Q2
#1 Company Parties                                                       #1 Company Parties
#2 Magazine Subscriptions for staff                        #2 Team Building events
#3 Team Building events                                             #3 Employee Lunches
#4 Employee Lunches                                                  #4 Company Picnics
#5 Company Picnics                                                      #5 Magazine Subscriptions for staff

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.