This paper examines the recruitment process of firms. We test whether firms search sequentially or non …-sequentially using data compiled from filled vacancies. According to theory, in case of sequential hiring, the number of applicants is …. We distinguish between different types of recruitment methods. We find that the sequential hiring is rejected for a …

model of a monopsonistic employer who determines an optimal recruitment policy in a spatial labour market with search … frictions and show that partial reimbursement of commuting cost will in general be an element of the recruitment policy. The …