CJA Knowledge Hub

Insight for talent attraction and employer marketing

Guides, insights and benchmarks for organisations recruiting in education, charity and the public sector.

Browsing job boards

Recruitment Insight

The difference between advertising a role and advertising a reason to apply

Recruitment Guide

Questions to ask before you rewrite your employer brand

Salary Transparency

Recruitment Benchmark

Does salary transparency actually increase applications?

EVP and staff retention

Recruitment Benchmark

Does a defined EVP really reduce turnover? The 2026 data

Executive leadership looking at staff

Recruitment Insight

The gap between what leadership thinks the culture is and what staff experience

Recruitment Benchmark

Candidate drop-out and time to hire in 2026

Empty Chair

Recruitment Guide

Questions to ask candidates who withdrew from your process

Recruitment Insight

Why one application process does not work for every role

Recruitment Insight

Why most organisations do not know what their candidate journey actually looks like