9 Recruiting Facts

At Staffing it is interesting to read some of the interesting stats from the recruitment industry. Whether you are a staff agency, employer or candidate you will be surprised and facinated with the following employment facts (Updated May 2021):

• Just as the number of job opening can increase it often will decrease at an even faster rate if an economy is slowing down. Nothing is constant so the highest salaries are secured when unemployment rates are lowest. Rememnber however lock in your job and salary at the peak as you may be looking for work when the cycle dips. With approximately 83% of available jobs never advertised you should never stop career networking.
• Many enterprises use talent-management software to screen resumes that look at keywords to screen out up to 77% of applicants without ever looking at a resume or cover letter
• Organisations spend on average 6 and 7 seconds reviewing resumes, 1 grammar or spelling mistake and your CV will be thrown away. 71% of CVs are ignored if your email address is unprofessional.
• The average cost of replacing a member of staff earning is $6,000 and $10,000.
• On average there will be between 59 and 90 applicants for advertised jobs. Generally between 4% and 11% of these applicants get an interview.
• Phone interviews last 32 minutes and face-to-face interviews last 45 minutes on average. In a survey of 2,000 hiring managers, 35% claimed to know whether or not they would hire someone within 10 minutes. After that, it usually takes 2 day to 10 days to hear from the recruiters with their decision.
• Companies on average look for the consider the following traits before making an offer: 34% look for multitasking skills; 29% look for initiative; 19% look for creative thinking; and 14% look for something else in the candidate.
• It is interesting to note that only 7% of unsuccessful candidates were given feedback that was moderately useful from hirers. Only 2% of candidates received valuable feedback.
• On average new candidates take between 24 and 29 weeks to reach optimum productivity.
• companies report that 1 in 22 job offers (around 5%) are rejected by their first choice of candidate. Usually because they have received another offer, however often for many other reasons.

Sources :

• American Staffing Association
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• Recruitment & Employment Confederation
• The New York Times
• The Age

We hope this article was of interest and that it can assist you in your career, whether it be Digital Strategy Director, Customer Experience Manager or Managing Consultant - Marketing Analytics. At Staffing we have compiled a range of articles and online resources to help you find that perfect job! If you are seeking a new job, why not start by click on the Register for Work button, upload your resume and we will match you against our jobs database of up to 146,000 roles in Australia. If you are an business seeking recruiting services then call Staffing or click on the Get A Quote button to source some fantastic candidates, including many with Digital Strategy Director or Customer Experience Manager experience. We look forward to continuing to improving our service excellence, expertise and hiring processes no matter what hiring service you are seeking from one of the top 9 recruitment agency in Australia. With a wide range of hiring services we look forward to assisting you, whether you were referred to us or searched for our au network systems administrator recruitment agency, australia, staffing, staffing or systems administrator information technology staff in australia online.

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