Sociological as well as economic research is interested in the role of social networks in staffing processes. Empirical studies usually consider them as relevant from the job seekers' point of view. But there is only little knowledge of firms' perspective on this issue. This paper contributes to...

Was zeichnet schwierige Stellenbesetzungen bei der betrieblichen Personalsuche aus? Welche Rolle spielen dabei soziale Netzwerke - also Freunde, Verwandte und andere persönliche Kontakte? Sind Jobs, die über soziale Netzwerke gefunden wurden, tatsächlich "bessere" Jobs? Und welche Vorteile...

Concerning the long duration and intensity of the last German recession, connected with high risks to get unemployed and stepped up by higher social risk because of new labour market reforms, it is not surprising to find behavioural changes with job seekers and employees. Using descriptive...

Im Rahmen der IAB-Erhebung des Gesamtwirtschaftlichen Stellenangebots (EGS) werden Betriebe gefragt, ob sie im Jahr der Befragung die Personalsuche für offene Stellen abbrechen mussten, weil keine geeigneten Bewerber zu finden waren. Unklar bleibt bisher jedoch, ob dieser Suchabbruch das...

Following microeconomic theory, every vacancy should be filled by appropriate manpower after a certain time. However, from an empirical point of view it is evident that vacancies remain unfilled as establishments cancel their search for a suitable applicant. The German Job Vacancy Survey (JVS)...