According to a CMI survey involving the Institute for Employment Studies and Department for Work and Pensions, 67% of managers regularly browse job adverts with 56% admitting they are actively seeking a more senior position. However although 72% are using internet searches only 37% found their current role using the internet.
Jo Causon, director of marketing and corporate affairs at the CMI, said: "There is clearly a need to adjust recruit behaviour because, without casting the recruitment net wider, organisations run the risk of losing out on senior staff who have embraced technology to boost their career prospects."
Responding to the findings the CMI, in association with recruitment firm All the Top Bananas, plans to launch a free online job service that will search websites, newspaper sites and online job boards to provide an index of over 200,000 jobs - representing one in three jobs advertised in the UK.
Employers miss out on talent by not embracing e-recruitment
Eight out of 10 organisations are struggling to recruit staff with the right skills but the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) says they are looking in the wrong places by not using e-recruitment.
