Recruiter Jim Stroud recently conducted a survey about the use of online job boards among recruiting and HR pros. No surprise, most of them use these boards.

But satisfaction with the tools is low. When asked if the “pay to post” model most sites use was valuable, 33.9% disagreed and 32.2% strongly disagreed.

And when asked if most boards give employers and job seekers a quality resource, 42.7% disagreed and 32.4% strongly disagreed.

If satisfaction is so low, what are recruiters doing instead? Many have started focusing on niche job boards or posting to free classified sites.