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8 Employment Facts

At PromoStaff it is interesting to read some of the interesting stats from the promotions agency industry. Whether you are a staff agency, employer or candidate you will be surprised and facinated with the following employment facts (Updated March 2019):

• On average there will be between 56 and 92 applicants for advertised jobs. Generally between 5% and 11% of these applicants get an interview.
• Many companies use talent-management software to screen resumes that look at keywords to screen out up to 78% of applicants without ever looking at a resume or cover letter
• It was reported of the 25,000 new hires 48% of them failed within 14 months and of these, 92% left because their attitudes did not align to that of the enterprise. Only 10% failed because of a lack of skills.
• Organisations spend on average 6 and 8 seconds reviewing resumes, 1 grammar or spelling mistake and your CV will be thrown away. 79% of CVs are ignored if your email address is unprofessional.
• 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 85% of available jobs never advertised you should never stop career networking.
• 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.
• Other than the date, name of the contact and location, only 42% of candidates receive any information prior to an interview.
• On average new candidates take between 24 and 29 weeks to reach optimum productivity.
• Phone interviews last 33 minutes and face-to-face interviews last 41 minutes on average. In a survey of 3,000 hiring managers, 31% claimed to know whether or not they would hire someone within 10 minutes. After that, it usually takes 1 day to 13 days to hear from the recruiters with their decision.
• companies report that 1 in 18 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 Age
• Recruitment & Employment Confederation
• The New York Times
• The Australian Financial Review

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• How To Create An Amazing Resume
• Checklist To Get A Job
• What is the cost of recruitment in Australia?
• 10 Questions You Are Likely To Be Asked In An Interview
• How Much Time Do You Spend Working?
• Career & Job Hunting Checklist