Jay Leonard
Think you know what the job search market looks like in 2014? These figures tell quite an intriguing story. Enjoy!
- In the US, there are 3 million unfilled jobs and 11.8 million unemployed workers.
- The average time spent by recruiters looking at a resume: 5 to 7 seconds.
- 76% of resumes are discarded for an unprofessional email address.
- 88% rejection rate when you include a photo on your resume.
- In 2000, 22% of resumes were submitted via email or posted on the web. In 2014, over 90% of resumes are now posted online or sent via email.
- Only 35% of applicants are actually qualified for the jobs they apply to.
- Applicant Tracking Software, the robots that read your resume, are able to quickly eliminate 75% of the applicants.
- 427,000 resumes are posted each week on Monster.
- 68% of employers will find you on Facebook.
- There are 15 million brands and organizations on Facebook.
- 18,400,000 applicants found their job on Facebook.
- 10,200,000 applicants found their job on LinkedIn.
- 89% of recruiters have hired someone through LinkedIn.
- 8,000,000 applicants found their job on Twitter.
- 93% of recruiters are likely to look at a candidate’s social media profile.
- 43% of job seekers have used their mobile device to engage in a job search with 7% of all job seekers conducting their job search online while in the restroom.
- While the average length of an interview is 40 minutes, 33% of 2000 surveyed bosses indicated they know within the first 90 seconds if they will hire that candidate.
How can they make such a decision in less than 2 minutes? In the same survey, respondents noted the following nonverbal mistakes as some of the reasons why you may be eliminated during the interview:
- 70% indicated applicants were too fashionable or trendy.
- 67% indicated failure to make eye contact.
- 55% the way the candidate dressed, acted or walked through the door.
- 47% of clients who had little or no knowledge of the company.
- 38% was a tie – quality of voice and overall confidence; and lack of a smile.
- 33% for bad posture.
- 26% because the handshake was too weak.
- 21% for crossing their arms over their chest during the interview.
(The figures stated above are courtesy of JobVite.com, TheUndercoverRecruiter.com and Work4labs.com.)
After reading these statistics, how will you change your job search strategy?
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Excellent article – some really interesting facts in there. I had no idea LinkedIn was such a powerful tool for recruitment.
If anyone wants to know more about mobile and social media recruitment, I recommend this in-depth article: http://blog.pocketsocial.co.uk/the-ultimate-guide-to-mobile-social-media-for-technology-recruiters-mobile-and-ipad-strategies-for-twitter-facebook-and-linkedin/
this helped me finish my school work sheet.
Glad to help you Aylana
Thank you, I will be using your research as statistical information in a speech to include a mandatory interviewing class for the board of directors at my college.