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Vacancies in treated firms experienced a 58% increase in pre-screening and filtering service usage (3.4 percentage points over 5.8% control mean, p < 0.01) and a 57% increase in private listings, leading to a 39% reduction in direct jobseeker application volume (2.67 fewer applications, p < 0.01) and 0.84 fewer firm-initiated candidate searches (p < 0.01).
Treatment reduced firm-initiated candidate search efforts by 76% (-0.841 potential matches per vacancy, p < 0.01) and decreased organic jobseeker applications by 39% (-2.670 applications per vacancy, p < 0.01).
Facilitating direct recruitment channels led to a over 10-fold increase in BPO employment among young women in treatment villages (control mean 0.4% vs treatment 5.0%, p < 0.01) despite job locations requiring relocation or long commutes.