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Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – What DO Job Seekers Really Want?

The theme this week is not addressed to job seekers, but this question should be asked of them at every occasion. Instead the target audience is recruiting managers, recruiters, sourcers, and hiring managers who need to ask themselves this question in order to focus on the best results. There are dozens of surveys that attempt to get at the heart of the matter and most of them are very revealing in one way or another.… Read More »Reviewing This Week on Make HR Happen – What DO Job Seekers Really Want?

What Job Seekers Really Want – Respect

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Almost every job seeker survey shows that the most common problem they face is getting no feedback on their applications. We have called this the “black hole” because that is probably the best descriptor of how resumes get sucked into some interplanetary void. Someone coined the term “candidate experience” (probably Gerry Crispin) as a talking point and we can’t seem to get enough buzz about how bad it is and how much better it should… Read More »What Job Seekers Really Want – Respect

What Job Seekers Really Want – More and Better

An article in Forbes a few months ago reported the BLS statistics on people quitting their jobs. In what the author called an epidemic there are 2 million voluntary terminations in the US every month. More people quit their jobs in March of 2013 than were laid off. The turnover rate of 1.69% per month over the past decade is relatively constant, but the actual number of “quits” is continuing to grow in spite of… Read More »What Job Seekers Really Want – More and Better

What Job Seekers Really Want – Location, Location, Location

Proximity to the place of employment has always been a key decision factor in accepting an offer of employment. In simpler times this usually meant going to work in a relatively nearby company with a family-like environment. Even branch offices of large corporations were cozier because the lines of communication were too long to exercise long distance command and control. Does this sound like ancient history? According to the World Bank the latest wave of… Read More »What Job Seekers Really Want – Location, Location, Location

What Job Seekers Really Want – The Meaning of Meaningful

In spite of the headline indicating a close look into a job seeker’s wants and needs, this could also be an article on employee retention. Another thing you won’t find in the recruiter’s job description is undue concern over the length of time a new hire stays with a company. Even if through some twisted logic the resignation of an employee could be blamed on the recruiter that found and cultivated that hire, most corporate… Read More »What Job Seekers Really Want – The Meaning of Meaningful