Sources of yahoo! job candidates
According to Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo!, in an interview with Guy Kawasaky, the sources of successful candidates are as follow:
Candidate found listing on Yahoo Jobs page—30%
Yahoo employee referred the candidate—30%
Yahoo internal recruiter contacted a prospect (that is, the person wasn’t looking)—20%
Yahoo retained headhunter contacted a prospect (that is, the person wasn’t looking)—2%
Conversion from contractor or temporary—10%
Hot Jobs and other jobs sites—7%
The most interesting piece of information here is the 30% coming from Yahoo Jobs page. It seems to contradict some of the information floating in books, but also seems to point out that the key is to have the resume associated with an existing requisition.