8 Recruiting Facts

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

• 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 75% of available jobs never advertised you should never stop career networking.
• The average cost of replacing a member of staff earning is $6,000 and $9,000.
• Organisations spend on average 6 and 7 seconds reviewing resumes, 1 grammar or spelling mistake and your CV will be thrown away. 73% of CVs are ignored if your email address is unprofessional.
• Many businesses use talent-management software to screen resumes that look at keywords to screen out up to 72% of applicants without ever looking at a resume or cover letter
• On average there will be between 60 and 110 applicants for advertised jobs. Generally between 4% and 12% of these applicants get an interview.
• Phone interviews last 35 minutes and face-to-face interviews last 57 minutes on average. In a survey of 2,000 hiring managers, 33% 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: 30% look for multitasking skills; 29% look for initiative; 22% look for creative thinking; and 13% look for something else in the candidate.
• companies report that 1 in 21 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 22 and 28 weeks to reach optimum productivity.
• It is interesting to note that only 5% of unsuccessful candidates were given feedback that was moderately useful from hirers. Only 3% of candidates received valuable feedback.

Sources :

• The Telegraph
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• RCSA
• American Staffing Association
• the ABC

We hope this article was of interest and that it can assist you in your career, whether it be Medical Administration, Healthcare Staffing or Health. At HealthStaffing 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 174,000 roles in Canada. If you are an operation seeking recruiting services then call HealthStaffing or click on the Get A Quote button to source some fantastic candidates, including many with Medical Administration or Healthcare Staffing experience. We look forward to continuing to improving our service excellence, hiring processes and expertise no matter what recruiting service you are seeking from one of the top 7 staff agency in Canada. With a wide range of recruiting services we look forward to assisting you, whether you were referred to us or searched for our workforce planning manager contractors in canada, canada, staffing, healthstaffing or ca recruiting in canada online.