Nine out of 10 jobseekers talk about candidate treatment, finds Robert Walters

A total of 88% of jobseekers discuss their experiences of a recruitment process with friends or colleagues, according to recruitment firm Robert Walters.
Thu, 1 Nov 2012
A total of 88% of jobseekers discuss their experiences of a recruitment process with friends or colleagues, according to recruitment firm Robert Walters.

The finding from its survey of 1,306 jobseekers is revealed in a white paper ‘Managing Your Brand Throughout the Recruitment Process’, part of a series of research pieces from the firm.
It shows that 57% of professionals expect a response within four days of applying for a job, 80% within six days, and 67% expect a job offer after two interviews or less.

Also, 78% expect a full recruitment process from application to job offer to take four weeks or less – by contrast, 74% of the 250 hiring managers also questioned say it takes longer than this in practice. This is a particularly important difference of opinion because 72% of jobseekers also say a lengthy recruitment process puts them off the job in question.

Three-quarters of organisations say they use the recruitment process as a channel to promote their employer brand, but only 31% say they measure the external perception of their employer brand.

Boorman: Facebook passwords at interview fears a ‘storm in a teacup’

In the wake of concerns about employers asking job applicants for Facebook passwords at interview, social media guru and founder of #Tru events, Bill Boorman, tells Recruiter that such cases are still rare.

27 March 2012

headline 1

In March last year a major extension of the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) code of conduct came into force.

27 March 2012

Finnish cloud firm Hammerkit opens office and creates jobs in Liverpool_2

Finnish cloud firm Hammerkit opens office and creates jobs in Liverpool
20 January 2012

Independent help with bright ideas_2

With expansion a top priority, e2v needed to standardise its recruitment processes and turned to RPO experts Independent

25 January 2012
Top