Survey show biggest red flags for job candidates in hiring process
The average time to hire employees has hit an all-time high in 2023 with 44 days - but not all job applicants stick around to see the end of the process.
That’s because many employees consider various "red flags" during an application process when deciding to pursue an employer. And the biggest one is minimum annual leave allowance, as cited by 65.5% of respondents to a StandOut CV survey.
Employers that are "stingy" with annual leave risk turning off talent, it said.
Other job application red flags include requiring or heavily encouraging applicants to like employees' social media content (64.4%) and not having any salary information available (63.8%).
Job application turnoffs
The survey of over 1,000 respondents also revealed that there are several job advert buzzwords that do not resonate well with jobseekers, such as:
Job applicants may also get turned off during the interview process, whether it's conducted in-person or via video, according to the report.
The biggest in-person interview icks include smelly interviewees (76.8%) and group interviews (70.2%), found StandOut CV.
For video interviews, the biggest turn-offs for jobseekers are when an interviewer is speaking to someone else during the interview (50.7%) and if they have their camera switched off (48.1%).
With hiring time at an all-time high, 30.2% of the respondents said conducting three interview stages is already too long, with 23% saying four stages is too much.
What job applicants want during hiring
Despite the many red flags, the report also outlined what job applicants want to see in a job advert.
This includes qualification requirements, which have been cited by 61.7% of the respondents as the most necessary information on a job advert. This is followed by working hours (60.5%) and benefits (56.1%).
