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Recruiting Facts

At Staffing it is interesting to read some of the interesting stats from the temping industry. Whether you are a employment agency, employer or candidate you will be surprised and facinated with the following recruiting facts (Updated November 2018):

• On average there will be between 60 and 106 applicants for advertised jobs. Generally between 6% and 10% of these applicants get an interview.
• The average cost of replacing a member of staff earning is $5,000 and $12,000.
• Organisations spend on average 6 and 7 seconds reviewing resumes, 1 grammar or spelling mistake and your CV will be thrown away. 75% of CVs are ignored if your email address is unprofessional.
• Many companies 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
• It was reported of the 24,000 new hires 43% of them failed within 18 months and of these, 87% left because their attitudes did not align to that of the operation. Only 9% failed because of a lack of skills.
• Other than the date, name of the contact and location, only 41% of candidates receive any information prior to an interview.
• Phone interviews last 28 minutes and face-to-face interviews last 59 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 14 days to hear from the recruiters with their decision.
• 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.
• On average new talent take between 24 and 27 weeks to reach optimum productivity.
• It is interesting to note that only 6% of unsuccessful candidates were given feedback that was moderately useful from hirers. Only 3% of candidates received valuable feedback.

Sources :

• American Staffing Association
• The Australian
• The New York Times
• The Telegraph
• The Age

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