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Recruitment and Retention Report of AEC Firms 2023

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  • July 2023
  • Region: Global
  • Zweig Group
  • ID: 5878616

The Recruitment and Retention Report of AEC Firms has statistics relating to all the latest methods used to hire and retain professionals in the industry. This survey contains data about recruiting methods and policies, training, HR departments experiences, attitudes, and challenges regarding the hiring and firing process, turnover rates, and compensation and benefits.

Are you looking for hiring methods, expectations, & metrics in the AEC Industry? Do you know what most firms in the industry are doing to recruit top talent? This report covers all areas of recruitment and retention from the search process, integrating a new candidate into a firm, HR departments involvement in the process and even the use of outside executive search firms for finding top talent!

Topics covered include:

  • In-house hiring vs. outside recruiting firms 
  • Online recruiting 
  • Referral bonuses 
  • Open positions 
  • Candidate qualities 
  • Hiring time 
  • Retention metrics 
  • Offer/counter offer 
  • Hiring processes 
  • HR spending 
  • Background checks 
  • Employee relocation 
  • New employee probation 
  • Performance review policies 
  • Layoff assistance 
  • Exit interviews
  • Bad hires 
  • Voluntary/involuntary turnover rates 
  • Employee termination 
  • Philanthropic services 
  • Physical workspace 
  • Staff training
  • Revenue/profit data distribution 
  • Budgeting for pay increases 
  • Formal compensation programs
  • Cost of living increases 
  • Raises 
  • Bonuses 
  • Hourly staff 
  • Overtime pay 
  • 401(k) plans 
  • Service awards 
  • Company credit cards 
  • Memberships 
  • Tax returns 
  • Employee assistance programs 
  • Time sheet collection and pay schedules
  • Paid time off (PTO) 
  • Vacation policies 
  • Sick leave 
  • Holidays 
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) 
  • Paternity leave 
  • Bereavement leave 
  • Military leave 
  • Tuition/fee reimbursement 
  • Books/supplies reimbursement 
  • Terms of education reimbursement 
  • Professional registration 
  • Professional society memberships 
  • Career tracks 
  • Training

Table of Contents


1. About the Report
2. Recruiting
  • In-house vs. outside recruiting
  • Online recruiting
  • Referral bonuses
  • Open positions
  • Candidate qualities
  • Hiring time
  • Recruitment & retention
3. Culture
  • Employee satisfaction ratings
  • Remote Work
4. Retention
  • Bad hires
  • Turnover rates
  • Staff recognition
  • Philanthropic services
  • Physical workspace
  • Staff training
  • Revenue/profit data distribution
5. Staffing Policies
  • Hiring processes
  • HR spending
  • Background checks
  • Employee relocation
  • New employee probation
  • Performance review policies
  • Layoff assistance
  • Exit interviews
6. Compensation
  • Cost of living expenses
  • Budgeting for pay increases
  • Formal compensation programs
  • Raises
  • Bonuses
  • Hourly pay
  • Overtime
  • “Comp” time
  • 401(k) plans
  • Service awards
  • Company credit cards
  • Memberships
  • Tax returns
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Time sheet collection and pay schedules
7. Leave Policies
  • Paid time-off (PTO)
  • Vacation policies
  • Sick leave
  • Holidays
  • Family and medical leave act (FMLA)
  • Parental leave
  • Bereavement leave
  • Military leave
  • Other leave
8. Career Development
  • Tuition/fee reimbursement
  • Books/supplies reimbursement
  • Terms of education reimbursement
  • Professional registration
  • Professional society memberships
  • Career tracks
  • Training
  • Appendices
  • Explanation of groupings
  • Explanation of turnover rates
  • About the authors