Over a third of candidates say they have "quit an application before finishing" and four in ten job seekers doubt their application will "make it to a real person," according to a new survey of more than 500 job seekers conducted by LiveCareer.
What's frustrating job seekers?
Candidates are not consistently hearing back from employers:
Over one-third of job seekers say "not hearing back from employers" is their “top job search frustration.”
Job applications are often long and "overly complicated":
Over half (57%) of job seekers say they have "abandoned" job applications that are "overly complicated or long" in the middle of the application process “due to frustration.”
The biggest job search frustrations stem from a lack of communication and confusing application processes, leading many candidates to give up on the job search."
Job seekers aren't confident their application will be seen by a real person:
Four in ten job seekers said they believe “fewer than a quarter of their applications make it to a real person.”
Read more via LiveCareer, HR Dive
Half of hiring managers surveyed said they consider a candidate's physical features when making a hiring decision, according to a new survey by ResumeTemplates.com.
Highlights from the ResumeTemplates.com survey of over 800 hiring managers:
Over half (53%) of hiring managers surveyed by ResumeTemplates.com said they make hiring decisions based on physical features.
Of those respondents who admit to making decisions based on physical features:
Over half said they “look up candidates’ photos before interviews."
40% said they “would choose a conventionally attractive candidate over a more qualified one."
85% said they “form impressions about a candidate’s competence based on physical traits."
34% said they consider a candidate's "physical traits" as a way to “assess cultural fit.”
The survey results suggest that female candidates are likely to be judged "more harshly on physical traits like attractiveness, weight, and age."
Male hiring managers were found to be "significantly more likely than women to say physical traits impact their decision-making (61% vs. 46%)."
Hiring managers working in sales were the "most likely to factor in physical features when evaluating candidates."
Read more via ResumeTemplates.com
Once upon a time, leaving the office at 4 p.m. would have been frowned upon, regardless of the reason for doing so. Increasingly, more workplaces are "fine" with workers sometimes needing to duck out early to pick up a child.
According to The Wall Street Journal -- and backed up by office-building data -- "work patterns have evolved in the post-pandemic era."
Workers feel "less self-conscious" about leaving on the early side in the afternoon. Often times, workers who leave early are working again later in the evening, so "it is well understood that slipping out before 5 p.m. isn’t a sign of slacking off."
But "showing up late is another story," according to the Journal. By showing up late in the morning, workers will "look and feel" they are "lagging behind colleagues who arrived sooner."
Office-building data from commercial real estate firm JLL suggests New York City office workers "step away from their desks an average of 13 minutes earlier than they did in 2019."
But it's not just happening in New York City. In Dallas, workers are leaving 18 minutes earlier, and they're departing office buildings 26 minutes earlier in San Francisco.
Read more via The Wall Street Journal
