More Statistics
Here are a few more tidbits from the Glassdoor report:
- On average, every corporate job opening attracts 250 resumes.
- Only four to six of the average 250 candidates will be called for an interview.
- Ninety-four percent of sales professionals say base salary is the most important element of their compensation plan.
- Seventy-nine percent of job seekers use social media in their job search, including 86 percent of younger job-seekers who are in the first 10 years of their careers.
- Nearly two in three employees say their employer does not use social media to promote job openings.
- Mobile is a growing recruitment avenue, as 45 percent of job seekers use their mobile devices to search for jobs at least once every day. Additionally, 54 percent read company reviews from employees on their mobile devices to help them make decisions on where to apply for new work.
- Sixty-nine percent of job seekers would avoid working for a company with a bad reputation.
- Eighty-four percent of workers would consider leaving their current job if offered a job by a company with an excellent reputation.
- Conversely, 84 percent would consider leaving their current job if offered a job by a company with an excellent reputation.
- Sixty-four percent of millennials would rather make $40,000 a year at a job they love than $100,000 a year at a job they consider boring.
