Post-Intervention Vacancy Posting Withdrawal
RCTClinical Trial
Proactive public agency recruitment support can lead to a subsequent reduction in firm job postings if employers become dissatisfied with candidate quality or agency intermediation.
Picture this
Imagine trying a new food delivery service during a free promotion month. If the delivery service frequently brings cold food or incorrect orders, customer ordering drops below original levels once the promotion ends because customers lose confidence in the service.
What the evidence says
Cumulative vacancy postings among treatment firms rose significantly during the 6.5-month active campaign but progressively declined relative to control firms starting 8 months post-treatment (May 2015).
- Who was studied
- N = 7,438 establishments across 129 local public employment agencies in France tracked over 16.5 months.
- How
- Longitudinal tracking of monthly cumulative job vacancy postings following a 6.5-month intensive agency prospection campaign.
What to do
Monitor post-campaign employer satisfaction and placement accuracy to prevent firms from withdrawing job postings after proactive outreach programs end.
From the source
"Although standard errors are large, these results indicate that treatment firms posted relatively less vacancies than control firms after the sanctuary period. This could be due to the fact that certain treatment group firms started to refrain from using the PES to post their vacancies and that subsequent hiring flows were partly operated outside the PES channel."
Are_Active_Labor_Market_Policies_Directed_at_Firms_Effective_Evidence.pdf