10. To what extent has your firm benefited from the following types of interaction with personnel in
Other companies? (Please tick one box per factor.) Rate in terms of importance on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1=not important and
5=very important; 0=not applicable.
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
Tot | |
|
Contact by telephone for information e.g. about a legal |
16^ |
24” |
74~ |
ÎÏ6" |
67^ |
7~ |
1085 |
|
Contact by telephone/e-mail for short-term problem solving |
19^ |
26^ |
76^ |
104^ |
7F |
7~ |
1080 |
|
Mixing with industry colleagues in social settings |
22~^ |
36^ |
78^ |
95~^ |
66^ |
9^ |
1038 |
|
Mixing at local business meetings/events |
17~ |
38^ |
74~ |
103- |
62~^ |
11 |
1037 |
|
Chance meetings where you hear interesting information |
28~ |
52~ |
76^ |
89^ |
56^ |
5~^ |
996 |
11. Where does informal interaction take place? (Please rank up to three with 1 indicating the most important.)
|
102 |
Within the |
107 |
Wine |
77 |
Professional |
98 |
Restaurants |
79 |
By e-mail |
|
11 |
Sports |
7 |
Other clubs |
150 |
Seminars/ |
18 |
In the street |
114 |
By telephone |
Characteristics of the London Labor Market
12. Approximately what proportion of your staff do you recruit from within each of the following
areas?
(Please tick one box per area.)
|
0-20% |
21-40% |
41-60% |
61-80% |
81-100% | |
|
South East |
27^ |
26~ |
4F |
59^ |
15F |
|
UK (outside South East) |
ÏÔ9- |
25 |
1F |
9 |
F |
|
European Union (outside UK) |
132~ |
17^ |
6~ |
F |
F |
|
North America |
130^ |
2- |
4~ |
F |
T |
|
Global (outside Europe) |
132~ |
2- |
F |
F |
F |
|
Global (but for specific nationals to serve specific national markets) |
∏7~ |
F |
T |
T |
F |
13. How important are informal channels (e.g. personal relationships, local information through club
membership, professional bodies, informal use of head-hunters etc.) for the recruitment of your skilled
staff? (Please tick one box per staff category.) Rate in terms of importance on a scale from 1 to 5, where 1=not important and 5=very
important; 0=not applicable.
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
Tot | |
|
Senior management |
29^ |
3F |
4F |
8F |
7F |
4F |
913 |
|
Client-facing staff |
30 |
41 |
72 |
63 |
53 |
41 |
845 |
|
Specialist staff (e.g. IT staff) |
31 |
52 |
75 |
58 |
32 |
50 |
752 |
|
Senior technical staff (e.g. in-house lawyers, economists) |
3F |
3F |
7F |
66^ |
3F |
6F |
735 |
|
Back office staff |
49 |
77 |
7F |
27 |
3F |
44 |
682 |
|
Graduate trainees |
73 |
58 |
38 |
30 |
33 |
68 |
588 |
50