Getting a job when times are bad : recruitment practices in Sweden before, during and after the Great Recession
(2019) In Scandinavian Economic History Review 67(2). p.132-153- Abstract
Research on recruitment shows that networks matter and are effective as search channels. The aim of this article is to analyse how recruitment practices varies over time, and specifically, how it has varied before, during, and after the Great Recession 2008–2009. The findings are that recruitment practices change both in the short term, in relation to labour supply, which we can call a cyclical effect, but also in accordance to a long-term, structural effects. Informal recruitment practices, such as recruitment through ‘friends and acquaintances’ and ‘employer made contact’, seem to increase during bad times. In the long run, the recruitment practices ‘direct application’, ‘friends and acquaintances’ and ‘formal private’ increase in... (More)
Research on recruitment shows that networks matter and are effective as search channels. The aim of this article is to analyse how recruitment practices varies over time, and specifically, how it has varied before, during, and after the Great Recession 2008–2009. The findings are that recruitment practices change both in the short term, in relation to labour supply, which we can call a cyclical effect, but also in accordance to a long-term, structural effects. Informal recruitment practices, such as recruitment through ‘friends and acquaintances’ and ‘employer made contact’, seem to increase during bad times. In the long run, the recruitment practices ‘direct application’, ‘friends and acquaintances’ and ‘formal private’ increase in relation to recruitment through the Swedish Public Employment Agency (SPEA). A reason for this may be that the labour market in the new knowledge economy demands a heterogenic workforce with high demands on non-cognitive skills and customisation. Here the new network recruitment practices seem to fit in.
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- Håkansson, Peter LU and Nilsson, Anders LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Great Recession, Network recruitment, recruitment practice, social capital, social network, unemployment
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- Scandinavian Economic History Review
- volume
- 67
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 132 - 153
- publisher
- Routledge
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- scopus:85057303714
- ISSN
- 0358-5522
- DOI
- 10.1080/03585522.2018.1543729
- language
- English
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- yes
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- aeb4cc03-648e-4c16-95b7-82319d9bac03
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title = {{Getting a job when times are bad : recruitment practices in Sweden before, during and after the Great Recession}},
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