In today’s heated job market, candidates clearly want to ease the pain of the search by winnowing out positions that aren’t a fit, and instead learning more about those opportunities that may be a winner before even filling out the application.
Unfortunately, many employers aren’t aware that this is the case.
A study from CareerBuilder examined answers from 4,500 job seekers and 1,500 hiring personnel, identifying this trend. The research indicates that the time when job applicants filled out endless applications for jobs they knew little about, hoping one would bubble up as the top choice, is just a vestige of dated application processes.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
