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9 Hiring Facts

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

  • Many organisations use talent-management software to screen resumes that look at keywords to screen out up to 71% of applicants without ever looking at a resume or cover letter
  • Organisations spend on average 5 and 8 seconds reviewing resumes, 1 grammar or spelling mistake and your CV will be thrown away. 80% of CVs are ignored if your email address is unprofessional.
  • The average cost of replacing a member of staff earning is $5,000 and $9,000.
  • 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 84% of available jobs never advertised you should never stop career networking.
  • On average there will be between 58 and 93 applicants for advertised jobs. Generally between 3% and 10% of these applicants get an interview.
  • Phone interviews last 25 minutes and face-to-face interviews last 41 minutes on average. In a survey of 3,000 hiring managers, 30% 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: 29% look for multitasking skills; 30% look for initiative; 20% look for creative thinking; and 12% look for something else in the candidate.
  • Other than the date, name of the contact and location, only 36% of candidates receive any information prior to an interview.
  • It is interesting to note that only 6% of unsuccessful candidates were given feedback that was moderately useful from hirers. Only 2% of candidates received valuable feedback.
  • On average new talent take between 22 and 27 weeks to reach optimum productivity.

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We hope this article was of interest and that it can assist you in your career, whether it be Executive Manager, Executive Leader or Director. 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 123,000 roles in United States. If you are an organisation seeking hiring services then call Staffing or click on the Get A Quote button to source some fantastic candidates, including many with Executive Manager or Executive Leader experience. We look forward to continuing to improving our service excellence, talent matching capability and experience no matter what recruiting service you are seeking from one of the top 7 recruitment agency in United States. With a wide range of hiring services we look forward to assisting you, whether you were referred to us or searched for our us claims staff, united states, executive recruitment, staffing or insurance claims specialist agencies in united states online.

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