According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, 7.6 million people applied to Starbucks for 65,000 corporate and retail job openings during the past year; close to one million people applied to Procter & Gamble for 2,000 positions, and two million people applied to Google for 7,000 openings. Approximately 90% of big companies, the article adds, use applicant tracking systems to screen and rank job candidates. Research from CEB shows that only 35% of applicants meet the basic requirements of the job they have applied for.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Daunting Statistics Of Job Hunting
From Knowledge@Wharton, "Why the Job Search Is Like 'Throwing Paper Airplanes into the Galaxy' ":
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It just goes to show how people need to be adept in multiple industry areas these days to be able to secure a job. There just isn't enough to meet the demand because of how 'messed-up' the current economy is. Let's just hope things progress positively in the future...
ReplyDeleteThe problem is companies don't want to do ANY on the job training these days. it's ridiculous.
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