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title: Mid-sized Companies Losing More Candidates to Counter Offers
description: Mid-sized companies are losing more candidates to counter offers from their existing employers than both small and large companies.
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# [Mid-sized Companies Losing More Candidates to Counter Offers](https://blog.mcquaig.com/mid-sized-companies)

 Written by [The McQuaig Institute](https://blog.mcquaig.com/author/admin) | Aug 22, 2014 12:39:25 PM

Mid-sized companies – those with 200-999 employees – are finding it harder to find qualified candidates and are losing more of them to their current employers than their small and large counterparts, according to a global recruitment study.

When we carved out the results of our [Global Talent Recruitment Survey](https://info.mcquaig.com/download-the-talent-report) to look at just those mid-sized companies, some very interesting differences came to light.

At mid-sized companies surveyed, 61% of HR professionals identified [finding qualified candidates](https://blog.mcquaig.com/blog/hr-can-take-a-page-from-marketing-for-social-recruiting-success) as one of their top three challenges. That’s compared to to 48% for large companies and 51% for small companies.

Those same HR professionals also told us that when an [offer of employment gets rejected](https://blog.mcquaig.com/blog/the-top-5-reasons-candidates-reject-your-job-offer), 16% of the time it’s because the candidate accepted a counter offer from their current employer. That’s compared to 9% for large companies and double the 8% for small companies.

Clearly, mid-sized companies are experience some unique challenges in recruiting. Here’s a look at a few other highlights from our [Mid-Sized Company Report](https://info.mcquaig.com/download-the-talent-report):

- Employees at mid-sized companies are getting disenchanted sooner
- HR has less faith in their hiring managers interview skills
- Their #1 planned investment to address their challenges is onboarding programs

To get the complete picture of what’s happening at mid-sized companies, [download the complete Mid-Sized Company version of the McQuaig Global Talent Recruitment Survey](https://info.mcquaig.com/download-the-talent-report).

**Do you think company size has an impact on your recruiting?**

[View full post](https://blog.mcquaig.com/mid-sized-companies)

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