Sentences with phrase «percent of job seekers»

-- Recruiters spend an average of six seconds looking at a resume — 46 percent of resumes submitted contain some form of false information — About 50 percent of job seekers don't have basic qualifications for the job they're pursuing — 96 percent of human resources professionals check references before hiring

A recent poll showed that 79 percent of job seekers who wrote their own resume aren't happy with it.

In fact, a recent survey from Jobvite found that 40 percent of job seekers found their «favorite or best» job through their personal connections.

According to a recent CareerBuilder survey, 49 percent of job seekers don't even bother to negotiate job offers.

According to the survey, in January 19.3 percent of job seekers found work in less than 5 weeks; 22.4 percent in 5 to 14 weeks; 15.4 percent in 15 to 26 weeks; and the majority, 42.9 percent, found that their job search extended past 27 weeks.

Ninety - five percent of job seekers however present curriculum -LSB-.].

According to inc.com 79 percent of job seekers use social media in their job search.

This $ 50 value puts FlexJobs members among the estimated top 1 percent of job seekers who receive professional resume writing help.

45 percent of job seekers use their mobile devices to search for jobs at least once every day.

68 percent of job seekers use their mobile phones or tablet in their day - to - day job search activities.

It's a given that, these days, almost any employment search is going to begin online (CareerBuilder's 2013 Candidate Behavior Study shows that about 80 percent of job seekers use job boards).

According to an article in U.S. News & World Report, 94 percent of recruiters use LinkedIn to source and vet candidates, yet only 36 percent of job seekers are active on the site.

For every open position, recruiters receive 250 resumes, and 50 percent of job seekers don't have basic qualifications for job they want.

Thirty - seven percent of job seekers don't follow up with an employer after they apply, which can easily cause an application to get lost in the shuffle.

Sending a thank - you note after an interview seems like an obvious step, yet 57 percent of job seekers don't do it, according to the survey.

According to the study, 84 percent of job seekers don't find out the hiring manager's name to personalize the application.

In fact, 54 percent of job seekers don't customize their resume for each employer — a big red flag for hiring managers.

(If that were the case, 100 percent of job seekers would use it!)

Sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter can help you learn about opportunities, network with potential employers and research your desired career.It's no wonder that over 40 percent of job seekers have begun to incorporate social media into their job hunt strategy.

According to a January study by branded.me, 62 percent of job seekers said their blog has helped them grow their career.

According to Simply Hired research, 85 percent of job seekers want the ability to apply for jobs via mobile devices.

Some 72 percent of job seekers don't go beyond the first page of the search results, and featured jobs get eight times more clicks than organic jobs.

It's no wonder that over 40 percent of job seekers have begun to incorporate social media into their job hunt strategy.

Jibe reports that 80 percent of job seekers expect to be able to search for jobs easily from a smart phone.

They also found that 20 percent of job seekers would not apply to a job if they could not do so from their phone.

When compared to the job seekers who are actively searching for eLearning Jobs using these same search engines, it's a sad fact that they may never find out about great opportunities; 74 percent of job seekers don't go past the first page of populated results.

A robust 68 percent of job seekers who are millennials said an option to work remotely would greatly increase their interest in specific employers, according to a survey by AfterCollege, a career network for college students and recent grads.

A robust 68 percent of job seekers who are millennials said an option to work remotely would greatly

Almost 90 percent of job seekers say they plan on using their mobile device for some job searching in the next year, according to Glassdoor.

According to the 71 percent of HR professionals that were surveyed, employee referrals are the single best source for finding great candidates, while only a whopping 7 percent of job seekers who were surveyed view referrals as their top source for finding a job.

In fact, 39 percent of job seekers feel the ability to leave their contact information with an employer and apply later is extremely or very important, according to CareerBuilder.

A shocking 60 percent of job seekers reported not finishing an application because it was too long.

In addition, 29 percent of job seekers believe the application process should take 10 minutes or less, with 62 percent saying it should take 20 minutes at the most.

Here at Simply Hired over 40 percent of our job seeker traffic originates from a mobile device, and that percentage is increasing.

It is said that sixty percent of a job seeker's time should be spent on networking.

Not exact matches

In fact, a November 2017 report from CareerArc of 1,162 respondents found that female job - seekers surveyed were 33 percent less likely than male job - seekers to apply to a one - star rated company.

During the crisis thousands of firms shut and unemployment peaked at 27.9 percent, with six in 10 young job - seekers out of work.

«Job seekers often feel discouraged from applying to a job if they do not meet 100 percent of the qualifications listed in the Job seekers often feel discouraged from applying to a job if they do not meet 100 percent of the qualifications listed in the job if they do not meet 100 percent of the qualifications listed in the ad.

Research shows that the number - one thing job seekers look for in a position is growth opportunity and that 80 percent of all job growth occurs informally, such as in conversations with managers.

Researchers found up to 40 percent of visible minority job seekers «whiten» their resumes by using an Anglicized version of their name or removing their participation in multicultural organizations.

More than half (55 percent) of job seekers report their work - life balance is terrible or needs improvement and 68 percent feel stressed by their current work - life balance.

Eighty percent of NIH's funds go to 50,000 competitive grants to principal investigators who staff their labs with temporary labor — grad students and postdocs who become part of a constant stream of new scientific - job seekers.

The most commonly cited statistic on the frequency of employment credit checks comes from the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), which finds 47 percent of employers conduct credit checks on some or all job applicants.6 But this statistic, based on a survey of fewer than 400 employers, fails to explain how many employees are actually subjected to credit checks, or the likelihood that a job seeker will be required to consent to one in order to be considered for a job.

Those kinds of facts matter to young Korean job - seekers, 80 percent of whom admitted they have to skip meals for budgetary reasons.

Yet, less than 20 percent of Fortune 500 companies allow for a mobile job seeker to apply for a job online, according to the iMomentous Corporate Mobile Readiness Report.

This is compared to the job seekers we polled, of whom 37 percent wait five days, 36 percent wait a full week, 11 percent wait two weeks, and 16 percent don't follow up.

What many job seekers don't realize is that 75 percent of job applications are rejected before they are seen by human eyes.

In fact, 74 percent of Americans believe that the right job is out there for everyone, and as a result job seekers have begun to focus their job search on organizations and positions that are a match for each job seeker's attitude, aptitude, as well as more practical considerations such as proximity to home.

Yet, 60 percent of recruiters in the 2016 Jobvite Recruiter Nation Survey said the job seeker's resume was of high importance in their hiring decision.

According to informal poll results from a mixed audience of job seekers and employers on Twitter, 84 percent of respondents believe that a job interviewer should always give feedback after a job interview, whereas 16 percent believe that the hiring manager should not give feedback, perhaps because that is the role of a job coach or a specialized recruiter.