How Long Does It Take to Get a Job?
Understand the stats before you give up searching
9.8 new jobs are added to Indeed every second. Yet, it took me 6 months to get an HR entry position.
How long does it actually take for a person to find a suitable job? Is it easier for employers to fill a role quickly?
The recruiting experience can greatly vary from person to person as well as depending on positions, experience, and business industry.
Let’s look into the data.
Companies’ Perspective
Jobvite’s annual recruiting report is based on 10M applications and 50M job seekers, and it gives a clear perspective and hard evidence on the recruiting processes in the U.S. market.
As the data shows, it takes 38 days on average for companies to fill a certain position, which is honestly not so long.
Interestingly, when companies put out an offer to their candidates, they’re accepting it 95% of the time.
Why? I’d say the main reason is that people don’t want to repeatedly go through the long and tiresome recruiting…
